Music Madeto Move You.
Tabata Songs makes music specifically designed for Tabata workouts — the song tells you when to GO and when to REST, so you can stop watching the clock and focus on your workout.
Music Made to Move You
Tabata Songs makes music specifically designed for Tabata workouts. Each song follows the classic Tabata format—20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest for 8 rounds—with coaching cues built right into the music. The song tells you when to GO and when to REST, so you can stop watching the clock and focus on your workout.
Today, Tabata Songs is music, follow-along workouts, and an app used by millions of people around the world. But it all started with a pretty simple idea.
Where Music Met Movement
Back in 2011, our co-founders Jay Driscoll and Wayno were bandmates, touring musicians, and fitness enthusiasts. While on the road, Jay had started dabbling in CrossFit and discovered the Tabata protocol. The 20-seconds-on, 10-seconds-off format was a perfect fit for life on tour—quick, efficient workouts built around sprints, push-ups, lunges, and whatever else could be done in a hotel room, parking lot, or trail.
At the same time, Jay had been experimenting with another way to bring music into his training. Instead of simply listening to music while running, he'd let the song drive the workout—settling into a jog during the verses, then opening up into a sprint every time the chorus hit. It made the workout feel less like watching a clock and more like moving with the music.
And eventually, the two ideas collided: What if the music itself could guide an entire Tabata workout?
Jay started experimenting with a few Tabata-timed tracks for his own workouts and shared the idea with Wayno, who was becoming a talented music producer and, at the time, training for his first marathon. The two started building on the idea together.
They created a collection of original instrumental tracks across different genres, all built around the Tabata format, with coaching cues woven into the music to tell the listener when to GO and when to REST. In 2011, they released their first collection of Tabata Songs on iTunes. They had no idea how far those songs were about to travel.
From Two Musicians to Millions Moving
The response caught them by surprise. Tabata Songs began showing up in CrossFit gyms and group fitness classes. Trainers were using the music with their clients. People were pressing play for workouts at home.
Then something even more exciting started happening. Videos began appearing online from around the world—people filming themselves, their friends, and entire fitness classes working out to Tabata Songs. For two musicians who had created the tracks for their own workouts, it was pretty incredible to watch. The music wasn't just being listened to. People were moving to it.
So they kept creating. A few years later, Tabata Songs began producing Tabata versions of popular songs alongside its original music. Follow-along workouts came next. The catalog grew. The audience grew. And what began as a simple idea between two bandmates found its way into gyms, homes, schools, fitness classes, and workouts around the world.
Moving Millions Since 2011
Today, millions of people use Tabata Songs to move. Our music is streamed millions of times every month. Our follow-along workouts reach a worldwide audience on YouTube. And the Tabata Songs app brings our music and workouts together in one place.
A lot has changed since those first tracks in 2011. The idea behind them hasn't.
You do the workout. The music keeps the time. 20 seconds: GO. 10 seconds: REST. Eight rounds. No watching the clock. No separate timer. Just press play and move.
Real Music. Real Musicians.
Music has always been at the heart of Tabata Songs. Our tracks are created by real musicians, vocalists, and producers. We use modern production tools, just like any modern recording studio, but we don't use AI to generate our music.
No AI-generated tracks. Real instruments. Real vocals. Real people.
More than 15 years after those first songs were created, we're still driven by the same idea: Make great music that gets people moving.
Just press play and move.
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