I found a hill to sprint

[SouthernLord]

It's about 25 degrees with ten yards of flat land and the hill itself is about 40 yards long. Its actually the side of an over pass. Not to many other options here in Fla.

I've been sprinting a few times per week on flat land for a little while now. I've been alternating between regular 20-50 yard sprints and 20-50 yard sled sprints with 35-70 pounds added.

Maybe it's because I squatted before hand, but the hill sprints wrecked my legs. My glutes and shins are fried. I only did ten reps lol

 

[Tblock1]

Nice hill sprinting is always a great cardio option!

 

[SouthernLord]

I hate distance runs and fuck a treadmill. I get a better workout in one 15 minute short distance sprint session than three 30 minute treadmill sessions.

My conditioning is rapidly improving and im getting leaner. My lower body lifts are suffering though. It's give and take I guess. Hopefully my body will accustom to all the conditioning and my lifts will start to increase.

My upperbody lifts are steadily increasing thankfully.

 

[moya]

"this thread is useless without pics"...
id like to do sprints myself, but i think i have a full plate for a while now...

 

[SouthernLord]

I almost took a picture of the hill lol

It didn't look right though.

Next time I'll park my truck closer and take a pic with the truck in it to get an idea of the angle and length.

 

[CitizenKane]

This is a fairly strange coincidence because I have just started doing hill sprints this week as well, having basically never done any HIIT in my life before. I'm loving them.

How do you work your sprints, how much rest do you do between 'reps'?

 

[SouthernLord]

I rest more as the reps increase. Usually no more than three minutes. At least this is what I did on the hill. It took me around 15-20 minutes to do ten reps.

 

[ExtraMile]

There's a hill near me too. Iv only been on it twice but I'm going to try and use it once a week more consistently. I was thinking of going today actually, I might try and get you a pic lol

 

[Mr. dB]

Nonsense, there are no hills in Florida.

 

[Zionns]

yeah it is a great place also chino hill gym in California is a good place for exercise.