Think you're a clock viewer? Do you continuously take a look at your watch during exercising? There's nothing more annoying than being forced to look down on your watch or wall clock when you are running flat out on the running machine or hometrainer! Or even worse, counting the time yourself in your head!!

The reason why you want an Interval Timer

An interval timer can make any training session simpler to plan and perform with a lot more precision and persistence. By using a timer you may focus on the workout, instead of observing your watch the whole time. Monitoring your rest periods pushes you to stick to to them, meaningyou can minimize them and Learn you're acquiring a more extreme, more beneficial workout.

Precise Work out Length

You might have set a period of time to accomplish your training session, by using a Gymboss in automatic mode you can start a new set at any given time interval that you pick, once the timer alarms just begin another set, it will continue repeating and it'll show the number of sets you've accomplished.See how long it requires to finish a set along with your needed rest, (for instance: 10 repetitions takes Thirty seconds + One minute rest = 1minute 30 seconds). Set timer to 1 min 30 secs and making use of the "Auto" function, timer continues to alarm every One minute and Thirty seconds notifying you to begin a new set. Within Half an hour you're able to do 20 sets!

 

Martial Arts&Boxing Padwork using the Gymboss

The Gymboss is perfect for people who do martial arts or boxing. In the video you can see myself showing a good example how to use the gymboss interval timer while doing some work on Thaipads. The whole session took many rounds of 3minutes with 1 minute rest, which is easily configurable on the gymboss. In this video example however, you'll only see 1 round for demonstration purpose.

 

Resistance Training with Gymboss Review

By using fast-moving, circuit type strength training.
The goal in this scenario certainly won't be to press a maximum load of weight however, but instead move forward from one exercise to another with minimum rest between til you have finished a complete circuit.
 
Preferably your circuit will contain 4 to 8 exercises total, that use a handful of muscles simultaneously. The load should certainly be heavy enough, making it challenging your body, but additionally light enough so that you are capable of lift up better the 10 to 15 repetition range.
 
Any rest period you wish (30, 60, 90 secs, 2, 3, 5 mins, or another time you would like) can be set using the gymboss. Whenever you finish every set just press the start button to begin with timing, when it alarms (personal choice of beep, vibrate, or both) start a new set. 
 

Tabata Interval Training

As some of you guys understand, I strongly believe in the Tabata Protocol. I am going to provide you with a quick background about the tabata protocol for anyone who don't really know what it really is. The Tabata Protocol was developed by a Japanese researcher known as Dr. Tabata. He found a method to increase both anaerobic and aerobic routes simultaneously. It is extremely quick and easy but definitely will make you crying when finished.
 
The Tabata Protocal is fantastic for busy people who lack time and energy to visit the gym. In case you have time to watch 1 set of TV commercials each day, then you've time to exercise. Tabata protocol is really a 4 minute, extremely intense, workout which will make you gasping for air. The interval timing is developed to boost EPOC, letting you burn more calories during the day. Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC, informally called afterburn) is a measurably increased rate of oxygen intake following strenuous activity intended to erase the body's "oxygen debt.
 
Right here is the common rule for any Tabata Protocol workout:
Execute each set for 20 secs followed by a 10 second rest and this can be done for any kind of workout or sport,even lifting weights or strength training.

 

I make use of the Gymboss in three or more main ways
 

Rest/set timer 

For muscle and explosive strength/endurance exercising days, I use the Gymboss as a rest timer. I first set the timer to 1:00 or 2:00 (when doing pull ups, and program the Gymboss to manual (implying that I will be the one to start the timer). I do a set of 10 repetitions on the chin-up bar followed by squats or lunges for instance, after that I push the ‘Start’ button on the Gymboss and it would start counting to 2:00 minutes. After two minutes, the Gymboss will give me the go alert to start a completely new set.

 

Interval timer

The Gymboss can be set to add in timers that may perform on auto-pilot. So for example I’ll set timer 1 at 1:00 minute and timer Two at 30 seconds. I press the start button, the Gymboss will perform timer one and I will be sprinting as hard as I can. When the 1st interval is finished the Gymboss will beep two times when timer One is complete

 

Interval timer set

This 1 will automatically go through the 2 time periods (20 secs and 10 secs) 8 times in case you're doing Tabata Interval Training.

When done, alerting the beginning of timer 2 which informs me that I need to be jogging a little slower now. The Gymboss additionally can be set to perform the two timers at a pre-determined number of times. For my sprinting illustration, it'll run for 12 times instantly. I simply need to listen to the beeps, I don’t have to check out the timer on a regular basis neither push the ‘Start’ button to begin the interval timers 1 and 2. Oh it's got vibration too, so if you’re listening to some songs, you’ll know as soon as the timers are up.

Stopwatch

- The Gymboss also can function as stop watch. I prefer this to time me whenever i run 5km. I also use this for ‘timed’ workouts. Earlier this morning, I did 100 burpees in less than Ten mins and I used the Gymboss to time that.