Tabata Protocol

I’ve been on Dr. Al Sear’s PACE program for 5 weeks now.

Even though my recovery heart rate has improved, I have not seen the fat loss come. Having been on Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle program now for quite some time, I have become frustrated with the plateau I have been stuck on (around 16% body fat, down from a starting point of 23%).

I heard about the Tabata Protocol from Shawn Bennet, who pioneered Measured Intensity Training first with the Explosive Fitness equipment and then with the latest 1-Rep Gym. The results I’ve achieved using his strength-training protocol with my EF7000 machine have been phenomenal.

But I’ve since become focused on fat-loss, trying to get to the ’six-pack abs’ look that has eluded me for all of my adult life. I just turned 40 years old, and have to say I’m in better shape now than I was 20 years ago, but I still have a gut to bust and I haven’t been able to get to lower body fat numbers than where I am at now.

Eating 5 times per day as recommended by the Burn The Fat program got me to where I am, but I’ve stalled out and now it’s time to try this latest technological breakthrough Tabata Protocol. Shawn tells me he clients have seen unbelievable fat loss results using his modified version of Tabata, which I just got off the phone with him getting the details of.

I will start with a 4-interval cycle since I’ve been doing PACE for the past 5 weeks and have gotten my exercise heart rate up to 174 BPM lately (and a recovery rate down to 113 BPM after 1 min. from stopping). I’ll post here how it goes after a couple weeks - we’ll see if the Accumeasure Fat Calipers budge this way!