Sprinting before OR after w/o?

[JJFigure]

If you just started sprinting, there's no way you're gonna be able to do four 400m sprints, let alone the rest of that workout.

If you're starting, focus on the smaller sprint intervals like 50m and 100m - if you're doing this for anaerobic purposes, the shorter distances are better, IMO, since you can keep the intensity high the entire distance. If you sprint 200m, and you're not a trained athlete, you'll die out after 100m or so.

Here's an example of a sprint workout I've used, which switches to shorter distances once I start to lose intensity:

Warmup - 800m jog
Stretch

5x100m sprints - rest interval is walk time back to start
10x50m sprints - rest interval is walk time back to start

And frankly, this workout is probably too much for a beginner; a girl on another board just started sprinting, and she only managed to pull off 3x100m and 1x50m her first time out. I think Nonerz is in better condition and can handle more, but if you're new to sprinting, you'll be amazed at how much they klobber you.

 

[superwife]

I did my sprints yesterday...did the straightaways (I have no idea of the distances on a track - 50m?). I was supposed to do 5 sprints but my husband was running with me so I did 7! We just had to take a longer rest before the last one.

It was a great accomplishment for me!

 

[Backlash]

The straightaways are 100m (the whole track is 400m).

 

[RnRGirl]

I did sprints yesterday. I sprint the straightaways and walk the curve. I did this for 4 laps so I guess thats:
8X100M sprinting

 

[spatts]

Yep...that what I do to.

Other times I just sprint until I can't anymore, then walk until I can breathe ok, then sprint till I can't anymore, then walk utnil I can breathe ok....repeat until face down on the track.

 

[RottenWillow]

I'm sure this has been addressed before, so forgive me inadvance, but why are you guys sprinting? Cardio? Hypertrophy? Conditioning?

 

[spatts]

Yes. Yes. Yes.

 

[RnRGirl]

I sprint as a form of HIIT for Fat loss

 

[JJFigure]

If you really want to hurt, sprint the straightaways and jog the curve. In track, we called them ladders, and man, do you feel them! I like to screw around with my stride on them, and stride out some of them and sprint some of them. Striding hits my muscles in a completely different way.