Windsprints and leaning out

[Themachine01]

I tried the 50 yard sprints last year and liked them a lot, gave me a good change to the 30-40 mins on the incline treadmill. Im guessing the best time would still be early in the day or first am?

One thing that I have always worried about is that cardio on a bike will not help with the fat in the chest or arm area, is this correct? This is the reason I stick with sprints, jogging, or walking on an incline, my arms are always moving.

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

I've not understood the fascination with sprinting for BB'ers personally, and I was on the track & field team two years in college. Yes, it can burn alot of calories in a very short time period. However the risk of injury is very high. Quite often hamstring pulls/tears are the result of a muscle strength imbalance..the quad contracts so violently that it more or less pulls the hamstring from it's attachment. I also think the high intensity interferes with quad workout recovery. I'd rather do lower intensity exercise for a longer period of time personally. Give me a bicycle and 20-40 miles of pavement and I'm a happy guy. Let me tell you, chicks in cars dig a muscular ass & thighs pumpin away from a stoplight. I get alot of honks (at least til they pull up alongside and see my ugly mug)

People who do run sprints and bleachers etc... know the most important thing is pre-workout stretching and post-workout stretches. I see people running sprints then they stop, spread their legs and touch the ground between their legs and they "bounce" up and down and up and down...improper stretch and can cause pulls/strains.

I love sprints and bleachers at the local stadium. I stretch for 15 minutes and run a few slower speed "warm up" sprints. Then, of course, I stretch after I run and I walk it out. I may walk the track a couple times in a "cool-down" mode.

DT is correct. Alot of people get injured trying to run sprints without stretching, warming up, and cooling down (especially when it is cold).

Sprints cause me to trim down faster than anything else I have tried. My2cc

 

[variation]

One thing that I have always worried about is that cardio on a bike will not help with the fat in the chest or arm area

nope, it's not true.. it doesn't make sense

 

[mlong23]

the heavier bro's out there should either not run/sprint or be very careful.. but.. sprints can be done using a bike a row machine or any type of cardio.. including lifting weights with less weight

why shouldn't they run? there is nothing different between the 260lb bodybuilder to the 180lb'er.

 

[tiger88]

I've not understood the fascination with sprinting for BB'ers personally, and I was on the track & field team two years in college. Yes, it can burn alot of calories in a very short time period. However the risk of injury is very high. Quite often hamstring pulls/tears are the result of a muscle strength imbalance..the quad contracts so violently that it more or less pulls the hamstring from it's attachment. I also think the high intensity interferes with quad workout recovery. I'd rather do lower intensity exercise for a longer period of time personally. Give me a bicycle and 20-40 miles of pavement and I'm a happy guy. Let me tell you, chicks in cars dig a muscular ass & thighs pumpin away from a stoplight. I get alot of honks (at least til they pull up alongside and see my ugly mug)

totally agree 100 %

the quad statement is so true

and if on dbol dont try to run cuz it sucks



ya max fat burning is like 60% of your max heart rate for 30 minutes




LOL @ at the bike i know why they laugh at you since of your pink bike you have

 

[Judo Tom]

why shouldn't they run? there is nothing different between the 260lb bodybuilder to the 180lb'er.

are you serious?

the 180lb guy and the 260lb guy will have almost identical knee structures.. ligaments tendons and what not.. but the 260lb guy has 80 more lbs to support.. now that weight is spread out but the knees take a beating when running..and will have a greater chance of injuring the tendons/ligaments or cartilage

there are other factors too like tendon/ligament strength.. ask the 260lb guy how he got to be 260 test/deca dbol.. and is probably on a cycle now.. all which can weaken tendons as well...

again im not saying dont run just that people who weight 260 should be more careful to not get injured

 

[GoldenDelicious]

dunno about that one judo tom, as you get heavier and have to support more, your tendons and ligaments thicken up along with bone. its one of those core body strength principles im always reading about

anyway the commonly accepted reason for sprints to use up more fat is the post exercise lipolysis, which has been documented a few times via VO2 tests and calometric studies in closed rooms

i used this technique on the stat bike (for ease of use...its soooo damn cold in the morning) and also did the hiit thing on a horse racing track

im going to have to do it again soon this is ridiculous

 

[sh4dowf4lcon]

Definately running sprints on Dbol sucks...lol (1 time and never again.)

 

[Mavy]

I agree with Judo Tom on this one.

Try sprinting when you are over 220lbs. I tried it a few times at my heaviest (227lbs), and lets just say it didnt go over to good. My legs felt like they were going to snap off.

The worst things was when I started to loose some of the water from my big cycle, I was down to about 220, and decided to do just a regular low intensity jog on the treadmill. Well ... I got into an endomorphine-zone, and ended up running for about 1hr and 30mins. when I was done I noticed that my shins were pretty painfull. The next my shins were FUCKED! It was the worse case of shinsplints (I think it was something else - someone on the board told what it could have been). Either way, my shins, felt like there were cracks all through the bone. It was like that for about 2 weeks. And do you know what ... whenever I start to run for a good length of time, I can feel the pain in my shins.

I am at 212 right now, and am still deiting down before the next cycle, but I am just starting to feel comfortable running at this weight now. Sprints are actually better because it is for such a short time, and then I slow down to incline walking.

There are other good forms of cardio out there besides running, and Interval training can be applied to most of them. The best cardio routine I have tried just recently, is a mix of "air power lifts" and plyos. I have been doing them first thing in the morning, and let me tell you this is extreme cardio. Not like riding a bike, but your heart will feel like its going to explode out of your chest. For the air power lifts, I will do squats and powerclean/pushups with just a bar, or a light weight that will allow me to pump out 100reps. Its one big circuit that involoves rotating quickly between the light power expercises, skipping, plyos (box jumps, ball hammers, bounding, medicine ball drops), punching and kicking the punching bag, and sprints. Its quite the session.

Mavy

 

[Andy13]

What is it? You don't like the gray and blue? The format isn't to your likeing? You don't like the name Anabolic Fitness? WHAT?
You just won't go over there and read the Fukkenshredded windsprint program and the discussions about it. You know he STARTED the windsprint fat loss program on the boards in the first place?

HE DID \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/

Fine. Don't go there. I see how it is with you.

ehhh.. Fonz is more ripped than fuckenshredded..

Don't know if he is a high or a low'er (intensity cardio).