Tabata Workout Handbook: Achieve Maximum Fitness With Over 100 High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Workout Plans

I have been into physical fitness all my life and I am always seeking new and innovative workout programs. I am into my golden years but I still workout six to seven days a week. One of the systems I have been doing lately is the Tabata workout which is one of the HIIT (High intensity interval training) exercise systems. Dr. Izuma Tabata is a well-known physiologist from Tokyo, Japan and in his research on exercise he developed a system based upon his test results. He discovered that doing 20 seconds of high intense exercise followed by 10 seconds rest and doing that 8 times provided an effective body workout and it only takes 4-minutes.Some people mistakenly claim the Tabata system only requires 4-minutes of high intensity to benefit from this program; however, this can be misleading. Besides the warm-up and cool down periods, you actually do 16-minutes of high intensity exercises. The program consists of 4 different exercises doing each one for the 8 cycles of 4-16 total minutes. In any case, I purchased this book Tabata Workout Handbook to achieve maximum fitness by Roger Hall for a bargain price on Amazon.I really liked this book a lot because it provides a wide variety of different kinds of exercises you can use doing the Tabata workout. One of the kinds of exercise which was NOT mentioned in this book which is fantastic for the Tabata type of workout is swimming and other water based exercises. In fact, this is where I do most of my exercises because of medical issues.If you are seeking a good solid basic text on the many types of exercises you can do in the Tabata system this book is for you. My only complaint is that there are no photos or illustrations showing many of these exercises. Fortunately, I am familiar with most of the exercises in this text. If you are into the HIIT WOD (Workout of the day) programs you may want to check out this book. I use it as a reference source.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Training Alone in Combatives)

I was pretty disappointed in the quality of this book! To start off the delivery was delayed, then when I went to open the book the pages from 125 started coming out from the poor quality binding.

Love the format. Simple and easy to use. Great workouts!

I've tried doing the workouts in this book but many don't fall under how I workout. I'm not a huge fan of it and really don't use it.

Very helpful

Good

Has decent workouts but all are 4 exercise tabata workouts. Simplistic.

The book doesn't go into much detail as to the sequence that the exercises should be performed.

Apart from the kettle bell exercises there is very little detail instruction on how to carry out the various exercises. No diagrams. I think it is really aimed at people already well experienced in doing these exercises. There are 110 pages of various workouts filled mainly with four lines of big print per page. No discussion on how to fit in with other specific sports other than it helps general strength and aerobic fitness. The last 30 pages are charts to fill in for your records. The book gave me the impression of filling the maximum amount of space with the minimum amount of words.

Ok so this book has over 100 workouts some weighted some KB some body weight, if you know what your doing you'll love it as I do, if your a beginner the written explanation of how to perform each exercise is a bit complicated, which is the reason I gave it 4 stars. I'd still recommend getting it because you'll get there but you may have a few "what does that mean" moments

I already do tabata but wanted something new. This book gives me a challenge in that i have to follow someone elses routines not my own.

This book is in my opinion a waste of money, you can get all the info you need from Youtube to be honest. The book just gives lists of exercises but no actual photographs to explain the movements. I will now have to google the various excercises to understand what to do for each one.

lots of exercises would have liked pictures as well but well worth the money and gives you an very wide range of exercises that you can mix/matchbuy it