Cycling: Bike Tabata – 25 Minutes
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Bike Tabata – 25 Minutes

Short, intense and seriously effective

26

min

HexfitBy Hexfit

2 sets of 8 × 20 seconds all-out and 10 seconds rest, on an indoor bike.

What does the session look like?

26 min

Total time

33

Training load

Intensity profileIntensity as % of threshold (100 = threshold).
Warm up: 8 min at Z1 → Z3Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Tabata 1: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 1: 10 s at Z1Recovery: 3 min at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Tabata 2: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10Tabata 2: 10 s at Z1Cool down: 7 min at Z1
026 min

Time in each zone

Z1 · 13 min (49%) Z2 · 8 min (31%) Z6 · 5 min (21%)

Step by step

Cycling

Warm up

  • 8 min at Z1 → Z3 (Progressive spin, last minute at a solid effort)

Tabata 18 ×

  • go: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10 (All-out, high cadence)
  • rest: 10 s at Z1 (Spin very easy)

8 × (20 s at Z7, RPE 10 / 10 s at Z1)

Recovery

  • 3 min at Z1 (Easy spin)

Tabata 28 ×

  • go: 20 s at Z7, RPE 10 (Match the first block)
  • rest: 10 s at Z1

8 × (20 s at Z7, RPE 10 / 10 s at Z1)

Cool down

  • 7 min at Z1 (Easy spin)

Who is it for?

Fit people who are short on time.

Who is it not for?

Complete beginners or people with a heart condition.