pa href=http://hayesjeff.typepad.com/.a/6a00e00986beda883301156fa9aa7a970c-pi style=FLOAT: rightimg alt=3548760707_008acafb83 class=at-xid-6a00e00986beda883301156fa9aa7a970c src=http://hayesjeff.typepad.com/.a/6a00e00986beda883301156fa9aa7a970c-320wi style=MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px //a We are pretty sure that by week 4 your instructors have introduced you to one of our dearest friends, Dr. Izumi Tabata!#0160; But we thought you might want to know a little more about him./p pDr. Tabata is a Japanese fitness researcher.#0160; The Tabata Protocol was developed for Olympic caliber athletes.#0160; It consists of six to eight 20 second full speed sprints followed by rest periods of 10 seconds.#0160; Dr. Tabata’s study found that doing this kind of exercise 5 – 6 days a week increased both aerobic and anaerobic capacity at a greater level than an hour of endurance exercise./p pThe key to the a href=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_5_20/ai_n6011850 target=_blankTabata Protocal/a is the rest periods.#0160; Conventional training suggests that a rest period should be 3 times as long as the period of work.#0160; But the Tabata protocol calls for a rest period that is half as long as the period of work. This gives a physical and mental break while keeping the intensity at a high level./p pAt boot camp, we have learned that you can apply the tabata protocol to almost anything.#0160; Tabata squats, tabata sprints, tabata, push-ups, tabata dips…well, you get the point!#0160;#0160; But apparently The Tabata Protocol can be influential in all aspects of life.#0160; Check out this article called a href=http://208.110.170.18/pdf2html/pdf2html.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crossfit.com%2Fjournal%2Flibrary%2F39_05_Tabata_My_Job.pdfamp;images=yes target=_blankTabata My Job/a about working more efficiently.br //p