Tabata Timer Tutorial

What is Tabata Interval Training?

Tabatas are a method of interval training where you alternate 20 seconds of exercise with 10 seconds of rest done for eight cycles in this fashion.

You can read all about tabatas here: tabata-weight-blast-workouts

The first thing to do is make sure the settings are correct if they’re not defaulted to the standard numbers. Traditional Tabatas are:

• 8 sets
• 20 seconds exercise
• 10 seconds rest


• That equals one full Tabata cycle.

In the timer, you can select in the top right of the box the “timer settings” here:

In the settings you can edit the interval timings:

These buttons below are:

• Start/stop the timer
• Step back in the sequence
• Skip to next in sequence
• Reset timer

The different stages are:

• Prepare = so you can put your phone or device down before the exercise starts
• Exercise = the time that you’ll perform the exercise
• Rest = the time interval that you’ll rest between exercise sets
• Recovery = the rest interval between cycles