Tabata is a high-intensity workout that consists of eight exercises
Each exercise lasts twenty seconds for every ten seconds of rest
The ten seconds of rest are for moving from one exercise to the next.
You decide which exercises to do in each session of eight, and this is what's enjoyable about Tabata.
Because we include a lot of exercises to work on coordination, strength, speed
In the end, it's up to you which physical qualities that you will develop with Tabata
That is what's enjoyable and original about it. And in addition you have the music.
In the end, the music is what stands out most for people, especially because our classes are outside
The music stands out for our students, because it's motivating, it wakes them up, and makes them feel generally happy.
And on top of all this, the atmosphere as well here on the beach, because what's better than exercising on the beach?
My open air class is divided into two parts. The first part is all about muscle-building
We work with different equipment for this, such as bars, TRX, so that our students build muscle first.
After this, then they continue with the Tabata segment of the class, which is the high intensity part of the work-out.
For this part we do three rounds of Tabata with two minute rests between each round.
The songs? Well, this is what stood out the most to us about Tabata.
That, when we started with Portales Fit, we used a stopwatch and a whistle
And so we marked the time with the stopwatch, and used the whistle to start and stop the exercises.
Then, we discovered that there was music!
So, we looked in Youtube, and found the wide variety of music and songs that exist for Tabata.
Music by Bruno Mars, and from Rocky, and this really stood out to us, and to everyone.
That in the end, this is what motivates people. The music is what wakes people up.
And it helps that we use it as a stopwatch.
So, we are concerned with being able to correct people
Because we would go crazy trying to correct people, and also keeping track of the time.
So, while we are busy correcting people, the music keeps time
They change stations with the music, and all we have to worry about is correcting them.
As a trainer, what I like most about Tabata Songs
is that the music is truly motivational for the students.
That is the first thing, because of course Tabata Songs, really chose great music
Because they are songs that really motivate people
For example the Rocky theme song, who wouldn't feel motivated by that song?
So what I like most about the music is that it is really motivational, for both trainer and athlete alike.
Seeing as there's a great variety of songs, we can use different songs every day.
So, we don't generally repeat songs, except for one which is the most motivational for us, which is (the Rocky theme song) The Rocky theme song.
We play that towards the end of class.
Yeah, when everyone is about to give up, we play that one.
When people come, and they realize that Tabata uses music
and they discover this new type of work-out, it's really entertaining for them.
People leave happy, and motivated, and wanting to return
And this is what lights them up, and what they like.