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Also check out our Client Jan Newsletter  We have been using the Tabata system of training in our studio for several years now both in our Met-X-Fitness and in our more Blitz / Boot Camp orientated Pilates Mat and Reformer Class’s and because I know all about the excellent benefits and results of this style of training I rather stupidly assumed everyone else did too. I realized last week that this was not the case when on two separate occasions I was asked by a client and a trainer I was chatting with - the same two questions what exactly is Tabata? And how does it work? So here it is – Tabata, a high intensity, short duration effective exercise system Tabata – What is it? Tabata (developed by it’s name sake Japanese Professor Izumi Tabata) is a high intensity interval training system (HIIT) that since its inception has provided remarkable results  - he originally developed this system for the Japanese speed skating team in 1996 Tabata – How does it work? The

Another New  Year ,  time  for brushing out the old and welcoming in the new. People around the world from many countries and cultures have for centuries been observing the state of  renewal a nd  rebirth  at  New Year, out  with the old and in with the new. Rituals  have evolved in various cultures  of ‘starting  a  fresh’  and  while  the rituals themselves may vary ,  there seems to be a common thread in them all . A New Y ear is an opportunity for reflection and to  make the changes that got lost in daily living. In more recent times the ref lection and resolution  from the New Y ear  seems less to do with the soul  or spirit but more with the physical .  I n our 21 st  century we seem  to see the New Y ear as the magic key to  Pandora’s  box that will solve all  our  health / fi tness and weight related issues. We see it as an opportunity , a   starting point  to  personal  transformation .  W e set out our  list either written  or mentally  those  thing s  we want to c