File:Andrea Ager Performs the Dreaded Tabata Workout

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CrossFit Athlete Andrea Ager performs an insane Tabata workout consisting of an array of staple CrossFit movements, and also takes a minute to chat about Tabata and CrossFit in general.

What is Tabata? 20 Seconds of sprint/work, 10 second rest, for 4 straight minutes. Tabata music lets you focus on your workout, rather than think about having to look at your watch or a timer.

Tabata Songs http://www.TabataSongs.com Filmed at CrossFit LoDo, Denver, Colorado http://www.CrossFitLoDo.com

Filmed by Matt Brunk http://www.BrunkMedia.com

Andrea Ager is listening to Tabata Songs (Tabata Timer Music) with JayBird BlueBuds X Wireless Headphones.

The Workout: -Ring Muscle Ups -Overhead Squats -Box Jumps -Toes to Bar -Power Cleans -Butterfly Pullups -Kettle bell swings -Dumbbell Thrusters

TabataSongs creates music that matches the exact timing of the Tabata Protocol

Tabata Training began in the mid 1990's. Japanese fitness researcher Dr Izumi Tabata created a HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout, using this very method. Dr Tabata proved the tabata method to draw heavily from both the aerobic and anaerobic systems, unlike most conventional workouts, which tend heavily favor one or the other.

The Tabata Interval has gained a lot of recognition throughout the Crossfit community, running community, and health clubs across the globe, for its versatility, adaptability, and positive results.

The Tabata Interval Method has proven to maximize VO2 max, while also building endurance, burning fat, and retaining muscle. Though the Tabata was not designed as a fat loss or weight loss program, it has gained a lot of recent attention in response to tabatas ability to speed up the metabolism and burn fat.

What is Crossfit? A workout program designed by Greg Glassman, which follows daily WOD (workout of the day) posts on the company's official site. CrossFit often uses tabata in their w.o.d.