Tabata No. One
Monday, March 10th, 2008 
I think you can do just about anything cardio-related for one minute. You may not want to, but you just have to buck up, have heart, dig deep and git-’er-done. (Or so go the platitudes.) So four minutes didn’t seem like too big a stretch, especially when discussing a cardio workout in its entirety.
Ever since we published “The Tabata Tune-Up” in the March issue of Experience Life, I’ve been itching to try it. Big results in less time? I’m in — it just so happens I’m eager to hurry my progress along (within the parameters of training smart, of course). Sure, in the article we’re up front that it’s tough, but how tough could it possibly be?
Ah, well, yes. Post–Tabata cardio workout No. 1 — done on a treadmill at 12.1 mph, 2 percent incline — I’m here to report that four minutes can stretch on for some time. Especially when one’s vision is getting ever-so-slightly black around the edges.
I made it through two and a half minutes on Friday night, but I’m not (that) ashamed. Or rather, that’s not the end of it. Tabata No. 2 tonight.
