“No, it doesn’t ever get any easier. You wouldn’t want it to either.”

Coach Greg Glassman

I had mentioned this CrossFit Journal article a couple of times in class so here is a link to the free download.  By the way if you don’t already have a subscription to the CF Journal I can’t say it loud enough…Get One!

Tabata My Job

Here is an abstract from the article published by

Dr. Izumi Tabata from Japan’s National Institute of Fitness and Sports.

Tabata Study PubMed

Warm-up

10-8-6-4-2 Press

5-4-3-2-1 Wipers

5-4-3-2-1 Knees to elbows

The WOD: Tabata This and Tabata That

For twenty seconds do as many of the assigned exercise as you can – this is followed by a ten second rest period.  This will be done for eight intervals, four minutes of work per station with a one minute rest in between stations.

The exercises are:

Row

Squat

Push-up

Mountain Climber

6am

Kevin

Scott

Andy

Peter

Mike

7am

Hillery

Jason

8am

Mindy

Tony P.

James

Carmen

5pm

Bethany

Tim

Georgie

Clarke

Sarah “C.”

Andrew

6pm

Andrea

Joan

Mike G.

Elia