Technology – a Few Ways It Can Help Your Workouts
I recently competed in a Race Walking event; my team came in third, which kind of shocked me, because I suck at race-walking. Something that happened right before the event, though, made me realize that there’s a topic I haven’t written about up til now which could prove useful to my readers. Choose your Music The way it happened was – I was approaching the starting line, and had just walked up behind some people I knew, when I overheard one of them mention my name to the other, saying that a few years ago I had written a program to select songs for my iPod that were...
Read MoreTabata Workout #2
If you have heard about Tabata workouts, and wanted to check it out, try this one out. In case you have not heard of Tabata workouts, Tabata is a type of high-intensity interval training that was originally developed for Japan’s Olympic speed-skating team. A single Tabata set consists of eight 20 second intervals of INTENSE activity, separated by 10 second rest-breaks. A complete Tabata workout, as I interpret it, is made up of four different exercises, focusing on different parts of the body. (Warning, Tabata is NOT for the faint of heart. If you are not interested in experiencing...
Read MoreTabata Workout #1
If you have heard about Tabata workouts, and wanted to check it out, try this one out. In case you have not heard of Tabata workouts, Tabata is a type of high-intensity interval training that was originally developed for Japan’s Olympic speed-skating team. A single Tabata set consists of eight 20 second intervals of INTENSE activity, separated by 10 second rest-breaks. A complete Tabata workout, as I interpret it, is made up of four different exercises, focusing on different parts of the body. (Warning, Tabata is NOT for the faint of heart. If you are not interested in experiencing...
Read MoreHigh-Intensity Training – A Complete Workout in Under 20 Minutes
Tabata, a type of high-intensity interval training that was originally developed for Japan’s Olympic speed-skating team, is widely recognized as a time-efficient workout for people who don’t have hours to spend at the gym. Named after Izumi Tabata, a former researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sports, Tabata has a simple format: => do an exercise for 20 seconds at full intensity, take a 10-second break. Repeat seven times, for a total workout of four minutes. My take on Tabata goes a little further, as follows: => have a 30 second rest, and then do...
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