http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=490160
I had just read over the article by Dan John, and although I’ll heed his warning, I was wondering if this would go well with a strength/mass program on (2) off days, to keep off the potential fat gains?
I could be wrong, but I think when he recommends ‘off’ days… they should be ‘off’. Not tabata.
OTOH, it may work. Try gaining without it, then with it, for a month each. Come back and tell us which worked better.
Well he says that he only does the Tabata training 2 days a month, so I guess you should be able to fit any training program around this, right?
LR
He says he only does it two days a month due to it being so taxing… and puking afterwards does nothing to encourage following sessions.
I was just curious. It sounds tough, but I like trying new things. I very much doubt I could do it twice a week every week… was just wondering about the possibility.
I’m thinking about trying the sandbag cardio training mentioned in another article for endurance training, since I haven’t done cardio after finding this site.
Edit: I’ll probably give it a shot, Otep, once I get my training back on track.
I wanted to try some tabata workouts also I have a question though. Im guessing that if you were to do tabata front squats than that would be the substitute for whatever you would do on your leg day?
I got to the point were I could do tabata sprints twice a week but I don’t know about tabata front squats or thrusters with that high of a frequency. They may be awesome but I hate hovering over a toilet for an hour and 1/2 after my workout.
Do thrusters once a fortnight as he suggests and it will improve your strength, speed and workout capacity significantly.