TABATA / 800M RUN

As promised, I am focusing on endurance and fat burning this week. Today's WOD will be a whole lot of Tabata and running.

What is Tabata you ask? Tabata is 8 intervals of 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. The score is the least number of reps for any of the eight intervals. Find more info here and here.

Tabata push-up
Run 800 meters
Tabata sit-ups
Run 800 meters
Tabata jumping pull-ups
Run 800 meters

1 minute rest between each station. For example: 1 minute rest between Tabata push-ups and the 1st 800m leg. Then 1min rest between 1st 800m leg to Tabata sit-ups. So forth and so on.

I use an app called "IntervalTimer" on my iPhone to time my Tabata intervals. It's a plain jane app with no bells or whistles but it gets the job done. Read about it here. Introduced to me by my friend Mike, it's definitely the best app i paid for on iTunes (besides Fieldrunners of course).


Update - 7:35pm

Tabata Pushup Score: 7 (I was pushing for a score of 15, but my last 3 rounds I hit 13, 10, then 7 accordingly. epic fail)

1st 800m - 3m57s*

Tabata Situp Score: 11

2nd 800m - 4m04s*

Tabata Jumping Pullups: 14

3rd 800m - 4m23s*

* Global Gym Drawbacks
- treadmills take 10-15s to start-up to the designated input speed. hence, your times will always be higher than running outside
- during peak hours, you may have to wait to use a treadmill
- you can't bring all the necessary equipment to one area to complete a workout of the day