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He means "Sprint->Jog"

I.e., fartlek! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek

I've been doing that for a long time (though it isn't exactly fartlek if you do it by yourself) to train for soccer, because it mimics the process of repeatedly sprinting and recovering. It's also easier on my joints than sustained running at a steady speed.

Funny how he decried HIIT for fat loss and went on to recommend exactly that.

Here is a better article, if you are interested in Tabatas.

http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/tabataintervals.html

Strange, for me interval training was more like 1 minute sprint, 3 minutes jog, repeat, rince. I suppose this burst mode is the "Tabata protocol".