Get fit with Tabata Workout… in 4 minutes

Are you a university student, with little free time, and willing to stay fit easily from your student residence? We have what you need!

Maybe you already heard about Tabata workout, a great classic of HIIT workout (High Intensity Interval Training). Such a training consists in repeating one or more exercise, in a 20 second work + 10 second relax sequence, until reaching a total time of 4 minutes.

This training approach has been developed by the Japanese professor Izumi Tabata, member of the National Fitness and Sport Institute in Japan. It consists of a high intensity cardio training, initially tested among the athletes of the speed skating Olympic Japanese team. Thanks to its success it has subsequently been used in athletic training for ring sports and sports that require running, like football, basket, and handball. It is often used also in circuit training and home training.

Working out with Tabata can help you improve strength, resistance, and muscle mass, speeding up metabolism and boosting cardiovascular frequency.

What do you need to deal with a Tabata workout properly?

First, it is crucial having a proper warmup, in such a way you will reduce the risk of traumas. Do not be hasty in this phase, just worried about correctly preparing every part of your body, especially the ones that will be mainly stressed.

Once you have sufficiently warmed up you can start your Tabata workout. Choose one to four exercises to repeat for 4 minutes.

Reach the gym of your student residence, set the timer, and start working out!

To make the training more pleasant you can find online a lot of Tabata songs, where time (20+10) is set through music.

Once the workout is over is super important to stretch. As for the warmup, do not be hasty, take care of every part of your body, especially the ones that has been stressed the most.

If Tabata workout is not what you need. You can find here other university-student-approved exercises.

IMPORTANT: remember to adapt your workout to you level of fitness. It is recommended to gradually increase the training intensity. It is recommended to gradually increase the training intensity.