Track Workout:  A fast and effective way to increase your performance!

Let’s face it we are all different. Some of us love to go for long runs and see where the roads leads us. Others prefer a quick track workout. Both have a variety of health benefits and whether you prefer one method to the other is personal preference.

Here we give you a track workout that will get your heart revved, your muscles firing, and the sweat dripping.  Before we dive into the workout here is a quick list of the benefits of sprinting.

5 Health Benefits of Sprinting:

1. Fat Burning
2. Increase Muscle Mass
3. Builds Mitochondria
4. More Effective Than Endurance Training
5. Improves blood sugar and Insulin Sensitivity

 

The Workout:

1. Distance: Pick a Distance: 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of a mile.
2. Pace: Your pace is your fastest time divided by .9 through your fastest time divided by .8.  Example if your distance is 1/4 mile and your fastest time is 90 seconds your pace is 90/.9=100 through 90/.8 =112 which bring your pace to 100-112 seconds.
3. Rest: Your rest time is your fastest time multiplied by 1 through your fastest time multiplied by 1.5.  Using the same example, your fastest 1/4 mile is 90 seconds your rest would be 90 x 1 = 90 seconds through 90×1.5=135 seconds which bring your rest time to 90-135 seconds.
4. Run your distance times take the proper rest between each interval. Repeat for a total of 3-6 intervals.

 

Let us know how you do!