CrossFit – Bottom to bottom Tabata squats
May 18, 2010 · Print This Article
CrossFit – Classic tabata squats, with a twist, resting in the hole!
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@intheweeds The focus of CrossFit is never adherence to any protocol. It’s to provide a constantly varying stimulus of work to rest. Try this. Just follow along in front of the computer and then say it’s ineffective. This workout can absolutely annihilate a whole room of athletes in 4 minutes. I’ve seen it done and participated myself.
@amachine75 Rest? In CrossFit rest periods are unheard of. They don’t do the Tabata protocol, they alter it to make it more impossibly painful than the original. Try this at max effort and then say it isn’t hard enough. Regular Tabata squats will seem leisurely.
by the end this video sounds like the sound effects reel from a battle scene in Braveheart
My legs were sore the next day after watching this
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Exactly. If you’re not burning, gasping for air and your heart isnt at maxiumum, you didn’t put in enough effort. That’s all it is about. You can always go faster, you can always squat deeper.
About the heal pressure however; do prisoner squats or lunges. The pressure is balanced through out the foot and it makes you have good form (with basic squats most people ignore the fact your knees should not be over your toes and then are prone to injury)
Genuine lactate screaming lol
In what sport besides blah blah blah Crossfit.
lol crossfit
@amachine75 exactly. tabata protocol was very specific. i would put forward that air squats even with rest can’t make for a good tabata interval- let alone tabata-to-bottom squats.
A Lot of elite trainers are moving away from squats in all areas of working out because you are heel loading. In what sport besides Oympic lifting do you ever load the heels? This is now considered poor central nervous system training since you should always train on the balls of the feet. Check out the dynamic integration videos
Why are there so many people standing around watching?
Who is the *unstoppable machine* in the center of that group?
You are right- this is not textbook tabata. whatever breaks up the workout so that i don’t get stale is what i do. I’ll do tabata with 5 different movements back to back- the o2 use/intensity/soreness varies with every workout. crossfit is more about pushing through performance boundaries. i used to think crossfit’s kip pullups were a joke until i saw how much effort is required to do 100. whatever gets you off the couch,through the plateau, and coming back for more is crossfit philosophy
If it is way too easy, then you are not going hard enough in the work phase. The Tabata should be at such a high intensity that you literally cannot keep going. If you can, you need to work harder or you need to find another exercise that will allow you to work harder in the 20 second time frame.
You are so correct. Holding people in a stress position during the rest phase is fine for hazing but does zero for what Tabata was designed, 100% effort intervals with minimal recovery. They will govern down their output to survive.
The good old times!!!
While i agree in general, i think this is an exception. Resting during intervals with “bodyweight” squats is way too easy. This is just a way to make it super difficult by using just your bodyweight. If you haven’t tried it, you should. It’s a LOT harder than it looks. If you can do it without ANY pauses at the top, then kudos to you!
“My bad” – what is that supposed to mean? You Americans should leave the English language alone; its bad enough that you have to bastardise it anyway, but then to create something so pathetically stupid as that phrase really just deserves a huge kick in the nuts.
This is not Tabata. It’s not even close to how Tabata is supposed to work. The rest periods in Tabata are just as important as the high intensity work periods. The 10 second rest is for mental and physical recovery so you can keep the intensity of the exercise very high. If you well you can modify a Tabata protocol by eliminating the rest, then you are not pushing hard enough!
lmfao! i know right
If you do this drill nude its easier.
nah man, Im a new zealander lol Do I look like an african american though lol Look at my pic lol