Can Tabata be done with sprinting & walking?

[peace-love-couture]

Can tabata be done with sprinting and walking? Or is it limited to strength training?

If so, would you recommend light steady cardio such as walking be performed afterward, for about 15-20 minutes?

Ex:

Monday:

Tabata-4minutes

Walking-15minutes

Tuesday:

Nike training club

Weights

Wednesday:

Tabata-4minutes

Walking-15minutes

Etc

Yay or nay?

[BeerME]

Actually, most forms of HIIT are a combination of sprinting and jogging/walking/resting/etc. Tabata is the only one I'm familiar with where most people seem to do strength training. I'm not an expert, but I would expect that substituting cardio is a viable option. I think your example would be fine, though I would remind you to stretch and grab a quick warm up before getting into the Tabata.

[raptor]

tabata is simply a fast paces cardio workout (which can include resistance) in which the activity is longer than the rest. It can be done with anything as long as you can switch back into the activity after rest almost immediately.

So yes, you could do a sprint/ walk tabata.

[WeaponZero]

Tabata must be done with resistance based exercises. It's not the same thing as normal interval training. Things like bodyweight squats or burpees are an ideal tabata exercise.

[martyfellow]

Yes, sprinting, jogging, and walking in inrtervals acomplishes the same goals as Tabata. Running coaches have been doing that sort of traning since long before anyone heard of Tabata.

[JustAnOpinion]

Tabata is mostly cardio. You need to up the walking distance and/or the pace if you want to benefit from it.