Tue 120605 - CrossFit Harrogate WOD

1. Warm Up

2. Strength Training: Back Squat 3-3-3-3-3

3. Conditioning:

8 rounds for total reps:
20 Seconds Thruster 35/20
10 Seconds Rest
20 Seconds Box Jump 25"/21"
10 Seconds Rest 

4. Recovery

"During my time working with the Japanese speed skating team, the head coach, Mr. Irisawa Koichi, had me analyze the effectiveness of his training regime that involved a rotation of short burst of maximum effort followed by short periods of rest. Although Coach Irisawa pioneered the idea, somehow it became named after me (laughs). The current regime consists of repetitions of 20 seconds of intense work, followed by 10 seconds of rest. This means that, excluding warming up and cooling down, the exercise can be completed in only 4 minutes if repeated 8 times, more than enough to make even a fit person exhausted. The idea has become bigger than I imagined and now if you search this on Google, you will get about 200,000 hits.

In general there were two types of exercises, low-intensity exercises for longer periods of time that improved endurance, and exercises such as sprints that improve your ability to sprint, but have no effect on aerobics or endurance. In contrast, the Tabata Protocol draws on the advantages of each."

Professor Izumi Tabata.