Four Minutes of Pain to Gain
It is named after Izumi Tabata, phd. a former researcher at Japan's National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya. It is an interval routine that was developed by the coach of the Japanese speed- skating team to give his team an edge in competition.A Tabata protocol is a very high intensity anaerobic interval program that involved eight rounds of 20 second work periods at 170% of your VO2 max with a negative recovery period of 10 seconds. It has evolved slightly and there are now many so called 'experts' out there, many of them are trying to claim the idea as their own, and because they have changed it so it is 20% different to the original idea, they are confusing people and they end up not using it to its maximum capability.

Tabata workout sample

• Jump Rope
• Pushups
• Squats
• Chin-ups or Pull-ups