That tells you right there we are not doing Tabata's correctly.

Crossfitters) can do multiple Tabata's in a single workout. It's important to remember that the original Tabata done correctly absolutely crushes Olympic athletes. You can't have the same VO2 response from pushups, squats, etc that Dr. It's actually a joke we call them tabata's at all because all they are is interval training. Crossfit doesn't do tabata's correctly whatsoever and they do not work as originally designed. To use your example, we DON'T use Tabatas to our 'advantage'. Same way as Tabata wasn't used originally to perform Squats, Pull-ups, Thrusters etc - doesn't mean we can't use it to our advantage. Don't see anything wrong with adjusting them with exercises that are more common to CF. Jeffrey - I've done them before as written. Obviously there are other complexes, but Javorek is the guy that essentially invented them and the one posted (there are actually a couple 'original' ones, one with barbell and one with dumbbells) has been proven over and over again to work. Javorek is not some Hollywood trainer off the street.Īlso left out of the original post is that you supposed to alternate days of 6 reps at a lighter weight and 3 reps at a heavier weight. It's like when people think they can tinker with Bill Starr's 5x5 or Starting Strength.no, it is the way it is for a reason and is successful as it is for a reason. No offense, but your response is obviously from someone who has never done javorek complexes, nor understand their purpose or intent. Large loads, moving long distances quickly. Turn the rows into power cleans, the snatch pull into a squat or muscle snatch, and the good mornings into a deadlift. Done for speed with a moderate to heavy weight, I have no doubt that would be a hell of a complex, and it would fit basic CF doctrine with a few basic changes:

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