Are Hill Sprints Aerobic Exercise?
Are Hill Sprints Aerobic Exercise?
Dear Friend,
Hill sprints are a great aerobic exercise.
Wait a minute, Coach K, I thought your whole premise was that interval sprinting is an anaerobic exercise - and that's what makes it a great form of training. You've said over and over again that traditional aerobic exercise is not the way to go... are you flip-flopping on your opinion?
Not at all.
Truth is that the beauty of interval training - like hill sprinting - is that it works both your anaerobic AND aerobic systems.
During sprints up the hill, your anaerobic system is the key. Like I said yesterday, glycogen in your muscles provides the energy - without oxygen - and produces lactic acid in the process. (the "heavy duty booty" feeling you get a the end of a long sprint)
But, on your trip down the hill - during your recovery - you aerobic system takes over. Your heart and lungs go into overdrive, bringing oxygen into your body to help break down the lactic acid, let your body recover, and get ready for your next sprint.
Just try a few hills and you'll soon see what I mean.
The benefits of this combination during repetitions are many. More capillaries are built and the body becomes more efficient at delivering oxygen to your muscles... your muscles increase their tolerance to lactic acid... your heart muscle is strengthened...
Traditional, long, slow aerobic training misses many of these benefits because it only works one of your energy systems. Without the bursts of high intensity, you're missing out on plenty.
This is another reason that hill sprints are such an fast and efficient way to exercise. Not only are you working your cardiovascular system from two angles, but building strength, power, speed, etc. at the same time. Not to mention beating anxiety, burning phat, and boosting energy.
No, hill sprinting may not be the perfect exercise, but it's the closest thing to "perfect" that I've found yet.
RFNH
Coach K
PS Better yet, you don't have to be perfect either to get started with hill sprinting - in fact, you can do it no matter what your gender, your age, your physical condition. Go take a peek at more here - http://www.makesyoufast.com/uphill_fitness_training.html
Copyright, Tim Kauppinen, 2007
**This daily email does not take the place of professional medical advice.
Always consult a doctor before starting or changing any fitness
program.**
Dear Friend,
Hill sprints are a great aerobic exercise.
Wait a minute, Coach K, I thought your whole premise was that interval sprinting is an anaerobic exercise - and that's what makes it a great form of training. You've said over and over again that traditional aerobic exercise is not the way to go... are you flip-flopping on your opinion?
Not at all.
Truth is that the beauty of interval training - like hill sprinting - is that it works both your anaerobic AND aerobic systems.
During sprints up the hill, your anaerobic system is the key. Like I said yesterday, glycogen in your muscles provides the energy - without oxygen - and produces lactic acid in the process. (the "heavy duty booty" feeling you get a the end of a long sprint)
But, on your trip down the hill - during your recovery - you aerobic system takes over. Your heart and lungs go into overdrive, bringing oxygen into your body to help break down the lactic acid, let your body recover, and get ready for your next sprint.
Just try a few hills and you'll soon see what I mean.
The benefits of this combination during repetitions are many. More capillaries are built and the body becomes more efficient at delivering oxygen to your muscles... your muscles increase their tolerance to lactic acid... your heart muscle is strengthened...
Traditional, long, slow aerobic training misses many of these benefits because it only works one of your energy systems. Without the bursts of high intensity, you're missing out on plenty.
This is another reason that hill sprints are such an fast and efficient way to exercise. Not only are you working your cardiovascular system from two angles, but building strength, power, speed, etc. at the same time. Not to mention beating anxiety, burning phat, and boosting energy.
No, hill sprinting may not be the perfect exercise, but it's the closest thing to "perfect" that I've found yet.
RFNH
Coach K
PS Better yet, you don't have to be perfect either to get started with hill sprinting - in fact, you can do it no matter what your gender, your age, your physical condition. Go take a peek at more here - http://www.makesyoufast.com/uphill_fitness_training.html
Copyright, Tim Kauppinen, 2007
**This daily email does not take the place of professional medical advice.
Always consult a doctor before starting or changing any fitness
program.**
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