micksolo
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tabata sessions are torture. real torture. but their over pretty quickly so it's all good.
but they've gotta be done at your max otherwise it's just a really short cardio session, and doesn't really give the same response.
They are torture, but its only 4 minutes! I remember the first time I did it, could barely raise my feet off the ground by the last set, and yeah you have to give 100% the whole time, that's the point.
You'll feel your cardio system working for a good 1-2 hours after doing the tabata, which is why its so useful, besides the high intensity impact it also works your cardio system a lot more than typical steady state.
If anyone's interested in the original research here it is - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8897392
and an interview with Tabata - http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/html/research/areas/feat-researchers/interview/izumi_t.html/