A friend of mine asked me about setting up a workout program for her and she asked me if the only workouts she did were Tabata's how would that work for her?
Well the short answer is Yes you could do just Tabata's and get in good condition aerobically and anaerobic.
What I suggested to her was to tweak it just a little. I started her on a total body workout twice a week.
As great as Tabata training is no one form of exercise is the end all to get to your fitness, lean muscle building or weight loss goals.
Her weight training workouts are built around compound exercises( if you have read any of my other lenses you know I'm a big believer in compound exercises.
Her other two workout days of the week are tabata complexes using kettlebells. The more I get into using kettlebells the more convinced of the value of kettlebells. Kettlebells may be the single most effective instrument for all around fitness, strength, endurance, weight loss, flexibility and adding lean muscle.
Tabata training complexes are a little different the the pure one exercise Tabata training workouts. I have her do 3, 4 or even 5 kettlebell exercises done in a complex of one right after the other.
She loves these workouts. She is getting a total body workout, weight loss and strength work. Variety may be the biggest plus to setting up your workouts in a similar way. The variety and the results you see will keep your motivation high.
As an added bonus since she is a very busy person none of her workouts go longer than 45 minutes.
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