IS BRENDA MAD????

Hello Everyone! I am so excited, I get to write my very first blog. You all should feel very special. :-) So, here it goes... You know how Brenda has very specific training movements that we repeat 8 rounds with 10 seconds rest in between each round (intervals). Have you ever wondered what this type of interval training is, the history behind it and of course is Brenda mad? I write to explain to you what this training is, how it came about and the logic in Brenda's madness (hee...hee) for using this specific training. This interval training method Brenda executes so well is called TABATA TRAINING. This method offers more health benefits than traditional cardiovascular exercise. “Tabata” is short, very sweet and most efficient. It can fit in almost any fitness program. Instead of hours upon hours of exercise, Tabata can be completed in 4 minutes. Historically, Tabata was founded by a Japanese scientist named Izumi Tabata and fellow colleagues at a department of physiology in Japan. Izumi and his colleague team,asked the question, "What if we used athletes to conduct a study to compare moderate intensity training with high intensity training?" Of course I wasn't there, I can only assume it went something like that. FYI, Tabata falls under the category of high intensity training. Next they did some research and constructed a hypothesis (standard scientific method protocol). Now for the experiment... Materials and Methods: 2 groups of athletes. Group one: Athletes train using moderate intensity workouts for five days a week for a total of six weeks with each training session lasting an hour. Group two: Athletes train using high intensity workouts for 4 days a week for a total of 6 weeks with each session lasting 4 minutes, at 20 seconds of intense training and 10 seconds of rest. I imagine this specific regiment came about from all that research. They're geniuses. Results: Group 1 results: significant increase in the aerobic system (cardiovascular). However, the anaerobic system (muscles) gained little or no results at all. Hmmmm...we like tone, so this was not favored. Group 2 results: showed much improvement across both systems in all athletes. Their aerobic systems increased much more than group one's, and their anaerobic systems increased by 28%. Yay, tone! We likey! Conclusion? Not only did high intensity interval training have more of an impact on the aerobic systems; it had an impact on the anaerobic systems as well. Highly favored. I LOVE SCIENCE. :-) TABATA BING, BADA BOOM (can't take credit for this, but I thought it was very clever)! Brenda is not MAD, she simply wants to give you only the best, take you to the highest level of fitness each and every workout! I know, hard to swallow especially when you are on your final round of BURPEES. HA...HA...HA... But rest assured (only 10 seconds :)), it is worth every gut busting move. That's it, my first blog! Hope you all enjoyed it. Live Well and I will see you next Wednesday! Melissa Martin