Once of the fastest ways to lose body fat and keep muscle is by training with hill-sprints. Doing hill sprints not only burns the maximum amount calories, it also saves a lot of time when compared to traditional methods of cardio.
Remember, efficient training is all about getting the most bang for your buck and hill sprints offer just that. Besides, take a look at the body of a marathon runner and an Olympic sprinter. Which one would you rather look like? Thought so.
By training using efficient workouts like kettlebell exercise and hill-sprints, you can save time and avoid injury. Strength coach Charles Staley stated:
Due to the inclined surface, maximum limb speed cannot be attained and thus serves as a safety barrier for your precious hamstrings! However, in the process, your posterior-chain muscles (low-back, glutes, hamstrings and calves) get an incredible strengthening effect! This means that you can avoid pulling and injuring your muscles on inclined surfaces and hit the muscles in your backside at the same time!
Another reason, like I touched on before, is that you get an incredible workout in minimal time. In the time it would take you to really start burning some calories on the elliptical, you'd be finished with your hill sprints and have produced a metabolism-exploding effect all day. Very efficient.
Now, hill sprints are not without costs. Because you are working at an all out speed, you have to make sure that you are warmed up and can handle the stress. A heart rate monitor is a great addition to hill sprints. You always want to make sure that you cool down as well because of the intensity of the workout. Here is a sample, get-started plan:
5 minutes of warm-up doing full-body movements like squats, pushups, and lunges
25-yard jog up a hill 2x
25 yard hill-sprint up, walk down-repeat 3x-rest 15 seconds between sprints
35-yard sprint up and walk down, 3x
Sprint up 45 yards, walk down, 3x
50-yard sprint up and walk down, 2x
Walk around and stretch to cool down and reduce your heart rate
By changing the number of sprints, amount of rest, and the lengths, you can make this workout much more difficult or easier.
Hill Sprints offer a powerful, calorie-burning, time-saving workout. Try hill sprints for a month 2 to 3 times a week and I guarantee you will see some major results. Remember, this is an intense, hard workout but not without reward. You will be stronger, faster, and leaner not to mention with a little extra time on your hands. Now, that's smart training! - 15343
Remember, efficient training is all about getting the most bang for your buck and hill sprints offer just that. Besides, take a look at the body of a marathon runner and an Olympic sprinter. Which one would you rather look like? Thought so.
By training using efficient workouts like kettlebell exercise and hill-sprints, you can save time and avoid injury. Strength coach Charles Staley stated:
Due to the inclined surface, maximum limb speed cannot be attained and thus serves as a safety barrier for your precious hamstrings! However, in the process, your posterior-chain muscles (low-back, glutes, hamstrings and calves) get an incredible strengthening effect! This means that you can avoid pulling and injuring your muscles on inclined surfaces and hit the muscles in your backside at the same time!
Another reason, like I touched on before, is that you get an incredible workout in minimal time. In the time it would take you to really start burning some calories on the elliptical, you'd be finished with your hill sprints and have produced a metabolism-exploding effect all day. Very efficient.
Now, hill sprints are not without costs. Because you are working at an all out speed, you have to make sure that you are warmed up and can handle the stress. A heart rate monitor is a great addition to hill sprints. You always want to make sure that you cool down as well because of the intensity of the workout. Here is a sample, get-started plan:
5 minutes of warm-up doing full-body movements like squats, pushups, and lunges
25-yard jog up a hill 2x
25 yard hill-sprint up, walk down-repeat 3x-rest 15 seconds between sprints
35-yard sprint up and walk down, 3x
Sprint up 45 yards, walk down, 3x
50-yard sprint up and walk down, 2x
Walk around and stretch to cool down and reduce your heart rate
By changing the number of sprints, amount of rest, and the lengths, you can make this workout much more difficult or easier.
Hill Sprints offer a powerful, calorie-burning, time-saving workout. Try hill sprints for a month 2 to 3 times a week and I guarantee you will see some major results. Remember, this is an intense, hard workout but not without reward. You will be stronger, faster, and leaner not to mention with a little extra time on your hands. Now, that's smart training! - 15343
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