Are You Working Out Wrong?

So I put up this amazing tabata workout video by my youtube friend trainer Josh and somebody says to him "you're doing tabatas wrong". Somebody else posted on one of my videos that I was doing Tabatas wrong too.

So let's set the record straight here: Two trainers with around 20 years of combined experience plus coach Sonnon who's the fittest guy in the Universe all do Tabatas differently.

Josh's Tabatas look like this:
Jump squats 20 sec. work 10 sec. rest
Pushup w/toe taps 20 sec. work 10 sec. rest
Skaters 20 sec. work 10 sec. rest
Mountain Climbers 20 sec. work 10 sec. rest
Repeat



This is an amazing circuit for people who can't handle the same repetitive movement pattern for 4 minutes. Great for beginners in bootcamps or people with injuries or those with little to no muscular endurance.

My Tabatas usually looks like this:
Burpees 20 sec. work 10 sec. rest
Inverted press w/ bear squat 20 sec. rest 10 sec. rest
Repeat 4 times



This is great for people who are intermediate who can handle 2 movement patterns for 4 minutes but who aren't quite ready for 1 movement pattern for 4 minutes straight.

Coach Sonnon's Tabatas look like this:
Jumping lunges 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8
Modified "quality" pushups 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8
Plank push knees 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8
Sit thru reach 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8
Spinal rock pike 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8
Tripod Twist 20 sec work/10 sec rest x 8

That's 48 freakin tabatas in a row (24 minutes of straight tabatas if you take no breaks between each exercise) or you can do all 8 exercises in a row and then repeat 4 times. If you think doing 8 exercises back to back tabata style for 24 minutes isn't hard enough just try it coach Sonnon's way one time and I guarantee you'll be crying for mercy.



So who's working out wrong here? Nobody! There are many ways to use Tabatas, many ways to workout, many ways to do an exercise. Try not to get stuck doing things one way or you will never get the results you want from your fat loss workouts.

Also for those who've been on the Tabata protocol for a while. You know it's time for a change when you're not even waiting for that timer to beep!