why sprinting works

[skaman607]

what kind of drills do you do?

 

[skaman607]

does anybody here do hills?

 

[spatts]

Drills might include walking 200 and sprinting 200 for 2 miles, or same with 100's; or jog/stride/sprints for 100m, then walk 100; or parachute sprints, grapevines for miles, stadium or hill sprints, etc...

 

[Citruscide]

Sprinting and weight training burn glycogen.

"cardio" burns fatty acid.

Cardio burns fat while you're doing it. Sprinting burns fat long after.

You can rip/heal/grow from sprinting, just like weight training.

Here's another light bulb for ya: Powerlifting is like sprinting. Heavy/intense, explosive, short. Whatdya know...I grow like a weed and get leaner and leaner powerlifting.

I've often noticed that when I lift heavy, I lose fat, while doing NO cardio. I mean, I don't get shrdded into 6-paks, but I lose a heck of alot of fat considering I am eating like a horse and training like one.

C-ditty

 

[FitFossil]

Re: hey

...however a real intense sprinting workout takes a long time. First you have to prep your muscles by doing a warmup mile. Then stretching takes a long time, trust me you dont want to sprint cold. Then you have to do drills, and then the workout, so usually my sprint worouts used to take 2 hours. Nopw days I dont have time to do that much so i do cardio now.

When I was referring to "sprints" in my post, I really meant interval training, where I alternate back and forth between a hard and moderate pace. I usually do it on the treadmill or rowing machine. After a 10 minute warm-up, I do intervals for @15 min, then cool down.

 

[madrid]

sprinting

For the people who sprint to lose BF. What are some exercises thatt one can do adn how long. Long sprints like 400meters or shorter sprints like 100's????????????

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

I think the best interval and by no means am I supporting him, but Bill Phillip's Body for life cardio intensity is on the right track. It kicks my ass when doing it and is based on the same concept. Also Muscle Mag had an article on Guerilla Cardio which is the same theory. good Stuff

 

[skaman607]

Not to mention when I sprint, I get pumped up for a workout. Its that slamming motion when you just open up the throttle. Nothing pounds the lungs like hardcore sprints.

whenever I get done a hard workout all I get pumped up for is dinner and bed

 

[skaman607]

Re: sprinting

For the people who sprint to lose BF. What are some exercises thatt one can do adn how long. Long sprints like 400meters or shorter sprints like 100's????????????

400's are killers, usually after them I go and sit down for awhile, and then wake up a few hours later j/k, but 400's are really hard, you should have halfway good endurance before you attempt those

 

[skaman607]

Drills might include walking 200 and sprinting 200 for 2 miles, or same with 100's; or jog/stride/sprints for 100m, then walk 100; or parachute sprints, grapevines for miles, stadium or hill sprints, etc...

Oh, I thought he meant high knees and the such