Hello everyone!
Some time ago we tried some sprints, my favorite activity, in Stromovka in Prague. I’m not really a marathon kind of person, and also I don’t feel like looking Emil Zatopek [czech marathon runner], so the sprints are the only runs that I actually like.
You can set up a HIIT workout, that I love as well. I always do HIIT after my regular workout in the gym, and works quite well for burning fat, especially now, when I brought a little souvenir on my belly from Iceland, haha:)
Most of you don’t probably know what HIIT is, so I’m going to explain it. It means High Intensity Interval Training, which consists switching from high intensity to low intensity. It can be applied to all types of training, but the best example to explain it on, is running.
The trick is, that you alternate sprint (high intensity) with light jog or walk (low intensity) in specific intervals. The intervals can be whatever you like, it depends on your physical shape. I always do 1 min. of sprint and 1 min. of jog, but you can do for example 30 seconds of sprints and 2 minutes of walk as well.
The fact, that you don’t run in a constant pace, causes that the body is confused and so burns fat more efficiently. It is said that 20 min. of HIIT training is equal to 60 minutes of jogging, so why to torture yourself for an hour, when you can be done in 20 minutes 🙂 You can also add some lunges or squats, so you would be defining the body at the same time as burning fat!
Personally, I don’t run long distances, because the body loses muscle mass, so if you run regularly and you’re loosing weight, you’re most likely loosing (apart from a few grams of fat) muscles. Thanks to sprints or lunges, the muscles retain and the only thing you’re burning is the fat 🙂 The sprints are great for better physical condition as well, so from now on you don’t have to almost die when trying to catch a bus! Haha:)
And what about you and running? Have you ever tried sprints? Or do you like long-distances more? :)))
Have a great Monday!
E.
