Gotta Try Tabata!

For those Bank on Fitness clients who have made considerable progress

and need to kick it up a notch, we want to introduce you to TABATA.

Nope, it's not drink or a fancy type of sushi, but if you've got 20 - 30 minutes, you can get a quick, but incredibly effective workout. Tabata is a high intensity interval workout done in a short period of time developed by Dr. Izumi Tabata, a professor at the Faculty of Sport and Health Science at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. Really it's pretty simple, but unbelievably challenging. Tabata is an equation: 20/10 x 8 = 4. The 20 represents seconds of work (as high intensity as you can handle), the 10 represents seconds of rest and the eight represents the number of rounds performed. So, the sum of this equation equals four minutes of intense exercise. Generally tabata practitioners will do three to six sets. For variety and, as an example, you may run in your first four minute set, do jumping jacks in your second four minute set, do mountain climbers in your third and so forth. For more information on the history and benefits, we refer you to these informative resources:

 

eHow: Tabata Training

 

Informative Tabata Video

Starting this weekend, Bank On Fitness will premiere our new Happy Half Hour (HHH) class at our studio on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. The HHH class will take your fitness routine to the next level with tabatas and abs! We'll do four different tabatas with minimal reset between sets. We'll then finish with some challenging abdominal work. These routines will get you ready for summer in next to NO TIME!  Join us. Yep, ya gotta tabata at Bank On Fitness.