218|How to Use a 4-Min Exercise Called Tabata to Enhance Your Health

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218|How to Use a 4-Min Exercise Called Tabata to Enhance Your Health

August 15, 2020

Are you looking for something to energize your day and enhance your health? Leanne shares what’s been working well for her recently.

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Topics Discussed in this Episode:

Tabata and the 3 ways you can use it to your advantage

Key Takeaways:

Tabata is a form in exercise that originates from the research of Dr. Izumi Tabata and his team from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports at Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It’s 8 cycles of 20 seconds of high-intensity activity followed by 10 seconds of rest.
Their research found that this form of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a very effective way of getting physiological adaptations in a very short space of time.
Some exercises you can do for Tabata:

Isometric holds
Squats
Burpees

Tabata is a powerful way to exercise and has been proven to be good for cardiovascular fitness.
Before a rich meal, when you want to control your blood sugar response to the food you’re about to eat, doing something like a Tabata sequence has been proven to help regulate your insulin sensitivity and, therefore, your glycemic variability.
A short walk after a rich meal would also help to regulate your glycemic variability or blood sugar levels.

Action Steps:

Consider doing Tabata as an energizer.
Do a Tabata sequence prior to eating a rich meal.

Leanne said:

“Any point in the day that you need to move, get a Tabata… and you’ll really feel the benefits, get all that fresh oxygenated blood moving through the body.”

“If you’re short on time, always think about Tabata. It’s a fantastic bang for [your] buck in terms of the time you put in.”

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