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Carb Loading: Nutrition for Mountain Biking
One of the most common practices to improve athletic performance
is through nutrition for mountain biking.
Athletes who participate in endurance riding know about getting
nutrition for mountain biking by storing extra energy in the
muscle...
Coaching Youth Football (Part 1) | Keys to Success
In your role as a youth football coach, you will profoundly
affect the lives of your players. By your approach to education,
you can show your players how to handle all of the many
challenges they will see throughout their lives.
Be...
Finding Quality Batting Cages for Sale
Batting cages are an essential tool for any softball or baseball
organization. They are used both by batting coaches and by
recreational athletes to help improve a batter's speed or to
improve his or her accuracy in hitting a ball. However,...
Golf and Fishing what have they in common?
Golf and fishing could not be more different but they both have something in common and that being is, how they give enjoyment and pleasure to all who participate in the sport. For most people they are hobbies and for others it is how they make...
Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!
Warm Up Activities & Stretching Exercises
Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!
The warm up activities are a crucial part of any exercise regime or sports training. The importance of a structured warm up routine should not...
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Tabata Protocol: A Fast, Effective Workout
Can you get an excellent aerobic and anaerobic workout in less
than 4 minutes?... You bet you can!
The Tabata Protocol was created by Dr. Izumi Tabata at the
National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan.
The basic concept of this cardio interval training method is to
do intense exercise for 20 seconds, rest 10 seconds and repeat
for 8 cycles.
The entire workout only takes 4 minutes... 3:50 to be exact.
Just like Cardio Interval Training, the rest period can be
either complete rest or reduced intensity.
That's all there is to it... an extremely quick and effective
metabolic conditioning exercise method that improves both
aerobic and anaerobic capacity simultaneously.
I personally love the Tabata Protocol... It is a great way to
get a very intense workout in a very short period of time.
As a matter of fact, I like it so much that I use the Tabata
Protocol not only for metabolic conditioning methods like
sprinting, biking, rowing, jumping rope and calisthenics... but
also strength training exercises using bodyweight, dumbbells,
barbells, sandbags, Indian clubs, medicine balls and others.
Now... some people are afraid of
the intensity of the Tabata
Protocol.
Let me put those fears to rest...
You do not have to work at an extremely high intensity that
leaves you laying on the floor gasping for air as your friends
call the paramedics.
The Principle of Overload states that the stress placed on the
body only has to be slightly greater than normal to instigate
bodily changes for performance improvement.
In other words, you can still get great results with the Tabata
Protocol while going at your own safe pace.
Cardio Interval Training of any type stresses the body both
physically and mentally.
This is what makes the Tabata Protocol so great... the short 10
second rest gives you a break both physically and mentally,
allowing you to keep the 20 second work intervals intense.
If you have not experimented with the Tabata Protocol... I
suggest you do.
About the author:
Coach Lomax is a strength, conditioning and fitness coach
dedicated to building better humans for sport, work and life.
Learn more at Optimum
Physical Training or take his FREE Tabata Calisthenics
Workout Mini Course.
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