The Tabata Protocol dimished

[Ayjona]

After a decade and a half, most of us seem to have accepted the premise that the majority of people who exercise cannot properly perform the Tabata protocol. Maintaining 170% of VO2max simply does not seem to be viable unless you're already the kind of athlete who would generally not exercise for the purpose of fat loss (and who would instead train in accordance with Tabata's research for conditioning and/or endurance benefits).

However, since I am fairly new to structured HIIT, I am curious if anyone with experience happens to know: would more humane and human Tabata-inspired workouts (still 20 secs of high intensity workout, 10 secs of rest, 8 sets, only rather at normally achievable levels of high intensity instead of at 170% of VO2max) still have noticeable and worthwhile post-workout fat burn/oxygen consumption/resting metabolic rate benefits (in particular when compared to low intensity cardio)?

[ChipPaulson]

Just do what you can really! It`s a nice goal to aim for though...