Meaning & use
Tabata
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A high-intensity interval training method consisting of short bursts of intense exercise followed by brief rest periods, typically twenty seconds of work and ten seconds of rest repeated eight times.
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She finished the class with a grueling four-minute tabata of burpees.
Many gyms now offer tabata classes as a quick, intense alternative to longer cardio sessions.
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Named after Japanese researcher Dr. Izumi Tabata, who studied the training protocol's effects on athletes in the 1990s.
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