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The ‘maximum effort’ nature of the Tabata intervals creates significant risk for injury. I would strongly suggest that you start doing the Tabata structure, but instead of doing the 20 seconds ‘all out’, do them as comfortably hard. Over the course of a few weeks, build up to doing them as fast as you can.
Bonus tip - This workout can not reasonably be done on a treadmill. This is partly because the intervals are very short, with a dramatic change in pace between interval and recovery, so a treadmill acceleration becomes a problem. The other issue is that 'all out' is not a pace you can program into a treadmill. (Thanks to Emily K for this)
== See Also ==
* [[Introduction to Workout Types]]
* [[Introduction to Interval Training]]
