Tabata, a high-intensity interval training method born from Olympic speed skating, delivers major fitness and cognitive benefits in just minutes. Its 2:1 work-to-rest ratio pushes both aerobic and ...

Tabata training is a supramaximal high-intensity interval exercise protocol that can significantly improve cardiorespiratory fitness, metabolic health, and fat oxidation through short bursts of ...

Thirty years ago, Izumi Tabata, now dean of the Graduate School of Sport and Health Science at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, put two groups of physical fitness majors on stationary bicycles.