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The class is 20 minutes long and has adaptations of exercises to suit fi tness – beginner moves don’t involve jumping for example


How can spas get involved? Fitness instructors will be taught by highly qualifi ed Tabata master trainers. This will ensure the protocol can be delivered cor- rectly – while trainers can use the Tabata moves in any order they like, it’s impera- tive that they don’t adapt them as they’ll no longer bring about the benefi ts clients want. No special equipment is required, although there are plans to add small hand weights to the programme at some stage. This is the fi rst fi tness system born in a lab,


not a gym. It hasn’t been made up by a fi tness instructor or dancer – it’s the result of an internationally renowned scientist’s clinical fi ndings. Professor Tabata has also approved all of the exercises in the programme.


How does the Tabata class work? The group exercise classes will go on for 20 minutes, but to stay true to the authen- tic Tabata methodology only four minutes will be all-out. There will also be a 10-min- ute warm-up – four minutes of mobilisation and then six minutes to run through the Tabata exercises that will follow in the main four-minute section. Finally there will be a six-minute cool-down and stretch. Two classes could easily be scheduled in


the space of one hour, or they could work as an express session in lunch breaks. Team Tabata has worked for over a year to create exciting new body weight moves for trainers and fi tness operators to take back to their clients: moves like the ‘skiva’, which


Many of the body weight moves, for example, will involve jumping for the fi t, but not for the beginner. Every class will have an easier option for less fi t participants. While we’ll focus on rolling out the system


in health clubs and gyms, we see no reason why Tabata couldn’t run in spas like any other fi tness class – provided that the con- sumer isn’t expecting a relaxing experience. So maybe operators would like to advise that a session comes before a massage or facial!


Professor Tabata created the protocol


is adapted from capoeira, or the ‘cockroach’, which is a take on primal training. The key is to make sure these moves are being performed at the correct intensity level to have a true Tabata effect.


Who’s the target market? Tabata is fast, effective and credible, hence our key message: ‘four-minute fi tness, scien- tifi cally proven.’ In a time-pressured society, that’s a great hook to get people interested. The great benefi t of Tabata is that people of completely different fi tness levels can share a class and reap benefi ts from it. Team Tabata has developed a system of levels in the workout, with adaptations of exercises to suit beginners as well as advanced clients.


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Why is Tabata really only now coming to the forefront? Professor Tabata has never given his backing to an offi cial Tabata exercise system before. Until now, it has just been gyms interpret- ing his research – and getting it wrong a lot of the time. He wants to see his clinically proven research used in a way that will really benefi t the population. He’s already been approached by the Japanese government to help tackle the obesity epidemic there, and is keen to see Tabata used in other markets too – in the correct way – to help combat this growing global crisis. ●


Kate Cracknell is the editor of Health Club Management, a sister magazine to Spa Business, that’s focused on the


European health and fi tness industry. Email: katecracknell@leisuremedia.com Twitter: @HealthClubKate


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