the hansenator
Level 6 Valued Member
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for thoughts or tips on using a combination of sprints and hill sprints as a primary form of lower body training.
I've been doing some hill sprints for a while and they've been treating me well. They actually make my back and foot feel better, it's like they work all the right muscles. There's a hill at a nearby park that I use, it takes about 8-10 seconds to reach the top. I've been doing this between 1-3 days per week, depending on my schedule and how I feel. And today I went to the high school for some flat sprints. I found that those are easier on the legs but I was really sucking wind. With my medical history, that's something I should probably do more of.
Since I enjoy sprinting and they seem to be good to me, I was thinking of taking advantage of the warmer months and make it a primary form of lower body conditioning so I'm looking for programming advice - Volume, frequency, can this be done in an A+A type program? Are there supplementary exercises to help with things like injury prevention, mobility, technique? I really know very little regarding this type of programming.
My goals are just to enjoy maintaining general "fitness" in the sense of being healthy and able to do stuff. I'm not training for anything specific, except maybe long, strenuous hiking which is an activity I love and would like to be in shape for when the opportunities arrive. And I might join my brother for a 5k at the end of October, but that's a ways out still.
I have at my disposal: A short hill and a high school soccer field which are a short walk away. There's also a longer hill that's a short drive away and a rather tall set of stairs which is a moderate drive away. I thought maybe a once per week thing of doing the stairs and then going out to eat might be nice if I can get my wife on board.
Anyway, I would appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks.
I'm looking for thoughts or tips on using a combination of sprints and hill sprints as a primary form of lower body training.
I've been doing some hill sprints for a while and they've been treating me well. They actually make my back and foot feel better, it's like they work all the right muscles. There's a hill at a nearby park that I use, it takes about 8-10 seconds to reach the top. I've been doing this between 1-3 days per week, depending on my schedule and how I feel. And today I went to the high school for some flat sprints. I found that those are easier on the legs but I was really sucking wind. With my medical history, that's something I should probably do more of.
Since I enjoy sprinting and they seem to be good to me, I was thinking of taking advantage of the warmer months and make it a primary form of lower body conditioning so I'm looking for programming advice - Volume, frequency, can this be done in an A+A type program? Are there supplementary exercises to help with things like injury prevention, mobility, technique? I really know very little regarding this type of programming.
My goals are just to enjoy maintaining general "fitness" in the sense of being healthy and able to do stuff. I'm not training for anything specific, except maybe long, strenuous hiking which is an activity I love and would like to be in shape for when the opportunities arrive. And I might join my brother for a 5k at the end of October, but that's a ways out still.
I have at my disposal: A short hill and a high school soccer field which are a short walk away. There's also a longer hill that's a short drive away and a rather tall set of stairs which is a moderate drive away. I thought maybe a once per week thing of doing the stairs and then going out to eat might be nice if I can get my wife on board.
Anyway, I would appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks.