Now compare that to the totally ripped, muscular, strong and healthy looking body of a world class sprinter, wide receiver, or other athlete that does mostly
high intensity sprint work... which would you rather resemble?
Not exact matches
If you are the type that goes to a gym to do treadmill
work or likes to walk, I encourage you to add some
higher intensity sprints of 30 seconds or less to your workout.
Sprints and other
high -
intensity work has been shown to improve oxygen uptake better than endurance training.
Have you tried HIIT
High Intensity Interval Training It
works wonders I myself have lost 25 pounds and I am at 13 - 15 % BF, but I still have that little bit left on my stomach, I have changed to HIIT training where you
sprint for a min the walk for a min and you do that about 12 times so with a 5 min warmup and 5 min cool down.
It should be focused more on
high -
intensity interval training, with short bursts of
high intensity work, either from brief
sprint exercises or from weight lifting.
High intensity interval training means
working out as hard as you possibly can (such as during a full - out
sprint) for about 30 seconds and then resting for 15 seconds and repeating.
A simple rule of of thumb is that your «
sprint» or «
high intensity» phase should be at near maximum
intensity (as hard as you can go) and that this «
work» phase should be about twice as long as the rest phase.