I’ve at least peripherally known about tabata, but haven’t really given it much thought. In retrospect, I have no idea why I never gave it any thought. Perhaps it was the counter-intuitiveness of it all. Working insanely hard for 4 minutes and having it be more beneficial to your body than an hour of moderate aerobic exercise seems crazy. But, as Tabata’s research clearly shows, there’s a clear advantage to the high intensity interval workout. So I’m willing to try anything, and I definitely think that something like this will get me out of the rut that I’ve been in for the last 6 months or so, and really get me moving towards my goals. Wednesday I will be doing some tabata burpees - as many as I can in 20 seconds, then rest 10 - for 4 minutes. I’m already feeling sick to my stomach.

Read more about tabata here.

Another thing that I was sent was a how to on making your own sports drinks. Since I cannot speak to their quality or taste, I’ll simply post the article here.

Tonight I’m just doing some balance exercises, along with a plank or two. Keeping it easy as tomorrow I have a midafternoon spin class. It should thoroughly kick my ass.