Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday are my cardio days. Recently I have been reading about the benefits of sprinting vs. jogging longer distances. Honestly, my neighbor inspired me as well as I see him doing sprinting workouts in the morning. I haven’t really done these types of workouts before so I thought I would give it a try.
I warmed up with a 1/2 mile jog to get the blood flowing and get my muscles warmed up. Sprinting with cold muscles is not good with a risk of injury so a good warmup is needed. Next I started to perform sprints for about 30 – 45 seconds and about a minute or little more of rest. I repeated this for a total of 25 minutes. I think around 20 minutes is probably adequate but this time counted my warmup.
I will say that I really feel it. I’ve read that you activate your fast twitch muscles and sprinting is much better than jogging for building muscle and burning fat. In face, I’ve read that you will burn fat longer throughout the day with a sprinting workout because of the high level of recovery needed.
After my sprint workout I performed some leg stretches with bands. Then I did 2 rounds of 100 triceps presses and 60 hammer curls with 15 pound dumbbells. I then did two minutes of sit ups with an ab mat.
Overall I think I really liked this workout. I feel I can accomplish more in a shorter amount of time. It is a high intensity workout and I got pretty winded at times. I plan to do sprinting workouts primarily on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday each week and may incorporate a fast pace walk after sprinting in the future. I will see how it goes and if it helps my running ability over time. Stay Tunded!