Heavy Bag Training

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I find that the efficiency of tabata is soooo dependent on how well the person is conditioned before hand. In MMA tabata was a big thing about 6 years ago and we all did it for a few months till it became too easy.

I have never ever heard any one say that doing low intensity cardio for long sessions didn't work well for them- ie. slow jogging, 30-40 mins on row machine etc.

Hiit is also great but again if you're athletic and well conditioned you'll see diminishing returns as time goes on.

The only way tabata protocol gets easy is if you get lazy or don't use appropriate exercises or resistance. The basis of it is supramaximal output for each work round. By definition, you can't adapt fully to that.