SPRINTING

Now is the time of year when people take their workouts outdoors. Take advantage of the summer by changing your regular indoor cardio workout routine to outside sprints. Not only will you change up your workout routine, you will engage different muscles and be one with nature. Ready, Set, Go!

10 Minute Warm Up-Start by doing a 5 minute brisk walk followed by a 5 minute jog to activate the muscles to prepare for the sprints.

20 Sprints-Do twenty 30 second sprints with a 90 second rest period. Make sure to wear a timer or a watch to keep time of your 30 second sprint. On the first few sprints don’t go as hard as you would full force, you want to warm up and go faster with each sprint. With each sprint, gradually increase speed until you are sprinting full force. It will look like this:

10 min warm up

Sprint #1 (30 sec)

90 seconds rest

Sprint #2 (30 sec)

90 seconds rest

Sprint #3 (30 sec)

Keep doing this until you have completed 20 sprints.

Beginners-Start with 10 sprints

Intermediate-You can bump it up to 15 sprints

Advance-You can do 20 sprints at full force

At the end of each workout, make sure to stretch your legs. Happy sprinting!

xoxo

Marzia Prince