Truth about Sprint Training

Sprint training is the bomb diggity… but you can hurt yourself because most people don’t realize the mechanics behind it.

Now I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here in Georgia, the weather is actually not bad… about 55 in the middle of the day.

Hill sprints are a great way to soak in some Vitamin D and improve your aerobic capacity (ability to utilize oxygen) and become more athletic.

Now currently, I’m not doing sprint sessions because I like to work out mid-morning… and I’m on a big kettlebell kick right now

But because you need a more thorough warm-up, I like to do them on the weekend when I do implement sprints into my program (that’s probably where you’ll have more time).

Yes, it does burn insane amounts of fat, but it’s way more than that. Hill sprints make you feel young again.

C’mon, you get to run just like a little kid.

However, before you even consider plugging in sprint conditioning into your program, you have to look at sprints COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than your normal conditioning workout.

You see, sprinting is like going “all out” leaving nothing in the tank. It taxes your nervous and muscular system… but they are AWESOME.

So are hill sprints good or bad? They are GREAT when done RIGHT.

The thing is… most people don’t have the patience to do them right.

You don’t rest enough.

For example, when you run an all-out sprint for 15 seconds, it takes more than just 20-30 seconds to recover from such intense exercise.

If you truly want to give a sprint your all and not hold anything back, you have to give yourself more than that…as in 1-2 minutes. Sure, you can repeat them with shorter rests, but you won’t be able to go as fast as you would like.

It takes patience to complete just 10 rounds of sprints and taking 20-25 minutes to do so. But once you nail down your patience, you’ll end up LOVING them.

For me, I like to head down to my old high school and get on the football field. I’ll run 30-yard sprints and maybe add some lunges and pushups for an incredible outdoor workout.

Now that you know why you must rest between sprints so you can produce QUALITY work, let’s rock one.

First, find a big field, football field or even your backyard.  Even better – use a hill for sprints. They will test your will, but also help in preventing a hamstring injury.

Sprint (40 yards), rest 1 minute – Do this 8 times, then…

Do the following circuit ONE time

Rest 1 minute

Then…

Sprint (40 yards), rest 1 minute – Do this 4 times

Here’s how to do the Triple Stop Pushup

That’s the ultimate blend of metabolic conditioning and sprinting for a monster caloric-burn (and more importantly, having “fun”).

Ha, I said “fun” with quotes. HA… I did it again.

Now go sprint your fat off,

Mikey, CTT

PS - Here are 31 more Sprint Conditioning workouts you can do anywhere.