Tabata intervals

diger · Post by **diger** » December 12th, 2008, 12:38 pm

To all:

First of all, thanks for providing this forum and answering our questions.

My Question- is there a maximum number of Tabatas I should do in one session. My current workout is:
34 minutes steady pace, approx 2min 34sec per 500 meter pace
10 sets of Tabatas- 20 sec hard pace (approx 2.08 500 meter pace
10 sec rest
2 minutes cool down, total workout 41 minutes

Thanks for your help.

Phil Winsor

M. Podolsky · Post by **M. Podolsky** » December 12th, 2008, 1:25 pm

You're supposed to exert yourself to the point where you can't continue at anywhere close to the same pace after the 8th interval. As you're doing 10 right now, I think you need to pick up the pace. If you go as hard as you can, you probably won't be able to manage more than 4 or 5 intervals, but at least you'll find the Tabata training pace fairly quickly.

diger · Post by **diger** » December 12th, 2008, 3:14 pm

Thanks for the quick reply.

Phil