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August 21, 2007
Shimizu Hiroyasu
Shimizu completed the 500-meter speed skating course in 35:59 a world record that held up from 1998 to 2005 when his record was broken by another Japanese speed skater. Ok why am I talking about Japanese speed skaters? Well Dr Izumi Tabata was a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya at the time and studied the effectiveness of Japanese speed-skating coaches training protocol of six to seven 20-second full speed sprints interspersed with rest periods of 10 seconds. This should sound particularly familiar after today’s WOD. The training protocol has been named after Dr Izumi Tabata and is likely one of the most efficient protocols for increasing aerobic and anaerobic capacity in a relatively short period of time (less than 15 min in most cases).
Post your favorite exercise for the Tabata interval and the reasons why to comments
Posted by Franklin Okumu at August 21, 2007 6:08 PM
Comments
I think Tabata ice cream eating is my favorite.
Posted by: Tim at August 22, 2007 11:47 AM