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[Swill]

I see what you are saying with the adrenaline rush. The other day I tried thirty second sprints at 12.5 MPH with two minute breaks in between each sprint.

I would usually do one minute sprints (more like fast runs) at 10mph for sixty seconds with sixty second breaks in between each sprint. Although this was all-around more difficult and a better work work, I still feel that jolt/adrenaline feeling more after doing the faster pace for the shorter distance which seems to be the point here.

I am still doing them on a treadmill though and will probable change to a track eventually.

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Doing on outdoors, on a track, or even a little bit of an incline if you're a badass, is definitely more taxing and you get more from it than on a treadmill. The acceleration part that is taken out in treadmill sprints as you 'join in' at a fixed pace, and that is the explosive element that you get a lot of benefit from, physically and hormonally.

I do them on a treadmill at the moment purely down to a niggling lower back issue but soon will be back to outdoors... I do get the benefits from treadmill but its not near as good as in the great wide open.

[K8668B]

I see what you are saying with the adrenaline rush. The other day I tried thirty second sprints at 12.5 MPH with two minute breaks in between each sprint.

I would usually do one minute sprints (more like fast runs) at 10mph for sixty seconds with sixty second breaks in between each sprint. Although this was all-around more difficult and a better work work, I still feel that jolt/adrenaline feeling more after doing the faster pace for the shorter distance which seems to be the point here.

I am still doing them on a treadmill though and will probable change to a track eventually.

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yeah the shorter but faster sprints are more for testosterone building. whereas a long distance run, (which we wont be doing on this protocol), can actually lower test levels. if you were to do sets of 400m dash sprints, i don't know how that would work either.. it could be too much fatigue therefore lowering test. but im not sure yet. so yeah, ive personally just been doing 100m dashes. but id like to throw in some 200m dash sprints too.

[K8668B]

"The earth is our gym"- Mike Rashid.

I always thought treadmills were garbage and too "fake", for lack of better words. Run on the pavement, or a track, or sand, beach, hills, etc. What I learned from my high school XC/track days still sticks with me to this very day.



I might have to find a new place to do my sprints. Been doing them on this place in my town called "linear trail". Pavement. Nothing but cheesy old people constantly walking through.... walking together holding hands, or walking their dogs or some stupid shit. I sometimes have to wait for them to walk by, and that throws off my rhythm/workout. The interaction with them is always ackward too.. cornballs... never ran a day in their lives probably. hate that shit!!!!

[5 alpha victim]

Doing on outdoors, on a track, or even a little bit of an incline if you're a badass, is definitely more taxing and you get more from it than on a treadmill. The acceleration part that is taken out in treadmill sprints as you 'join in' at a fixed pace, and that is the explosive element that you get a lot of benefit from, physically and hormonally.

I do them on a treadmill at the moment purely down to a niggling lower back issue but soon will be back to outdoors... I do get the benefits from treadmill but its not near as good as in the great wide open.

interesting point about the not getting the acceleration benefit from a treadmill. I don't just jump on the belt once it's going almost 13mph. instead I increase the speed fast from the walking pace, but still I get your point. it's better acceleration and just all around better on a track or field.

My back is messed up as well. herniated disk in l4 with moderate to severe sciatica. My last MRI actually showed mild spinal stenosis which instead of the disk just sticking out to the side out of place on the nerves it's actually compressing the spinal cord as well. Any way the sprinting even on the treadmill bothers mine as well but so doesn't everything else so no surprise.



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