Training (HIIT)?  It seems everyone and their grandmother is doing HIIT these days. 

High-Intensity Interval training – HIIT – is doing short, intense bursts of activity followed by a rest period.

Tabata Training

The original science dates back to the ‘90s when Dr. Izumi Tabata, a researcher with the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Japan studied interval training on a cycle ergometer (a fancy stationary bike).

HIIT workouts are still often referred to as Tabata Training.

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