Sprints And Bulking

[Legion Kreinak2]

Is there a point to doing sprints while bulking? I want to continue bulking, but I feel I added some bodyfat I would like to keep minimized for now. Would sprinting, even while bulking and eating excess calories, cause the fat to shed off while allowing me to still make gains in muscle size and strength?

 

[ireekofawesomeness]

bump for replies, ive been thinking of adding these in to add on every other leg day to shed bf and add some extra mass too

 

[jerkbox]

bump for replies, ive been thinking of adding these in to add on every other leg day to shed bf and add some extra mass too

haha good name you got there broly

 

[spatts]

Definitely sprint to add size and keep body fat in check.

 

[faller]

bump

 

[cheesecake]

Would sprinting, even while bulking and eating excess calories, cause the fat to shed off while allowing me to still make gains in muscle size and strength?

From all that I have read, the answer to this question is yes.

I try to do either sprints or truck pushes on two of the three days a week that I don't work out. I haven't been very good about it lately, but they work really well.
...chad...

 

[Ogrelleh]

How long do you guys usually sprint for?
So it's not true that you lose muscle when you lose fat?

 

[from zero]

From what I've read, sprints are mad beneficial. I gotta fuckin start doing them.

 

[cheesecake]

How long do you guys usually sprint for?

Thirty minutes or less.
...chad...

 

[STEP OFF]

the important question is, do you eat more on the days you sprint? eat the same? up the protein, lower the carbs?

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

Yeah, what would nutrition look like on sprinting/non-lifting days as opposed to non-sprinting/lifting days?

 

[pwr_machine]

Definitely sprint to add size and keep body fat in check.

You mean I have to run? I don't think I remember how.

 

[Legion Kreinak2]

You mean I have to run? I don't think I remember how.

Then learn again.

 

[Zander1983]

Sprinting has a place in anybody's routine regardless of goals.

 

[cheesecake]

I just try to eat less carbs and more fats on the days that I don't train. Those happen to be the same days that I sprint/do truck pushes on.

However, I'm no expert.
...chad...

 

[endpoint]

Sprinting has a place in anybody's routine regardless of goals.

including endurance athletes?

 

[Zander1983]

including endurance athletes?

You got me If you're doing the Hawaiian ironman or one of those Eco challenges, then not necessarily, though you still could be beaten in a sprint to the line...

 

[JJFigure]

I'm bulking, and I have a hard time gaining weight, so I'm only sprinting 1 day/week. I also do a little core work on that day, so I treat it as a training day. I cycle my carbs and kcals, eating more on training days, so my kcals/carbs on my sprint day are the same as on a lifting day.

My sprints are pretty intense though - I've been sprinting for a while, and usually do 5x100 meter and 10x50 meter sprints.