This method of ATP generation is
called the alactic (this word means «without lactic acid»)
anaerobic (this word means «without oxygen») energy system, and it is one of three
Exercise Energy Systems that your body can recruit to generate ATP while you
exercise.
Their research study,
called the Tabata Protocol, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports &
Exercise in 1996 concluded that just four minutes of high intensity Tabata interval training did more to increase aerobic and
anaerobic capacity than did an hour of steady state cardio
exercise.