Tabata Training Complex for Weight Loss

Everyone hates the torture of cardio. Whether it’s pedaling on a bike or running up stairs, cardio is the most grueling and annoying part of one’s workout.

Variety, or the lack of, is responsible for the most cardio routines killed, along with many others things in life. Doing the exact same thing over and over is a quick way to turn you away from your cardio. Humans have attention spans, some short and some long, nevertheless everyone has a breaking point. Don’t do the same type of cardio everyday, there are plenty ways to have fun with cardio.

One that has some impressive research is the Tabata Protocol? Dr. Tabata found that high intensity aerobic training is much more effective for burning fat, increasing aerobic performance, and anaerobic performance. Moreover, four minutes of the protocol that Dr. Tabata uses is just as effective as forty-five minutes of moderate aerobic exercise!

The Tabata method calls for twenty seconds of all out effort, followed by ten seconds of moderate cardio. Go back and forth for four minutes. Work up to twenty minutes and you will be a ripped machine. You can apply the Tabata Protocol to virtually any form of moderate cardio so be creative.

 Apply the Tabata protocol to jump roping with excellent results. You can even use it with heavy bag training. Go all out on the bad for 20 seconds and then jump in place for ten seconds, then go all out on the heavy bag for 20 seconds etc.

How about an all bodyweight Tabata complex? Twenty seconds of squat thrusts – rest or step in place 10 seconds, twenty seconds of mountain climbers – rest 10 seconds, twenty seconds of pushups -rest continue from the start.

How about a Kettlebell Tabata Training workout. One of the best exercises you can do by itself  is kettlebell swings. It works most of the major muscle groups of the body besides being grat for the cardiovascular system. Let’s look at a Kettlebell complex done Tabata style. First guess right 20 secons of one or two arm swings rest next one arm snatch then one arm cleans.

Well there you have three different Tabata style high intensity workouts for weight loss.