Simple Upper Pushing/Lower Body Tabata Training for Anyone.

After reading a Facebook post about an inspector in NY wanting her officers to better themselves physically for the job, I thought I would describe and show a quick workout anyone could do without having "Not enough time in my day" as an excuse.  This is where Tabata Training comes.  Tabata training is a High Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T) workout that lasts four minutes.  You make the workout as tough as you would like depending on your fitness level.  The name Tabata comes from the Japanese scientist Dr. Izumi Tabata.  The program goes like this:

•Workout hard for 20 seconds
•Rest for 10 seconds
•Complete eight rounds which equals four minutes

 

You push yourself as hard as you can for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds. You continue in this manner until the four minutes are up.  You can do pretty much any exercise you wish.  In the video I use the pushup and squat as the exercises.  20 seconds of pushups, 10 seconds rest, 20 seconds of squats, 10 seconds of rest, and then repeat for the remainder of the time.  Simple as can be.  Try it out.