I'm not a sprinter. Many people hate running. I hate sprinting. I know sometimes it happens at the end of races when I'm trying to beat the funny goggles kid out of his 5th place medal, but it's different in a race. It doesn't count as a sprint. I believe the term agreed upon by scholars everywhere is "the kick." Not a sprint.
Anyway, yesterday I had the bad idea to run the guys through lower body PT and sprints since they were still sore from Wednesday. Taking the workout from the pre-plan working up to the 12 week SEALs thing, we did the following:
2x10 Squats, Lunges, Heel raises
1x5 Frog hops
5x20 meter sprints
5x40 meter sprints
3x60 meter sprints
1 mile cool down and stretch
50 arm haulers
The PT was easy, but sadly enough, our legs were all feeling it after the hops. I guess we're not used to doing lunges.
The sprints were short, but fast. I was tired by the 2nd 40 meter. How unfortunate! I ran the GAR without so much as getting winded, and was tired after only 180 meters of sprint. Not cool. Uses too much energy.
So the cool down only lasted about 800 meters because one of the guys was hurting.
Today, I woke up and began my morning yoga routine as usual. My legs literally screamed at me! The hip extensors and hamstrings were about 3 feet shorter than normal, and my right toe flexors are tight. Huh?
Moral of the story is, unless you're a sprinter, save it for the kick. Or strides. Those are okay.
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Remember our barefoot sprinting on the green space? That was fun. And enjoyable. I thought it was.
I would agree, sprints are not as fun as one might think.
Sprints are a good way to change up the routine and confuse the muscles a little bit. At least you know you put your legs to good work.
Way to push through the speed work.
I used to be a sprinter. I think there really is something to that whole "fast-twitch" / "slow-twitch". Sprinters are just born that way. At the time, it was good that I was born that way, because I didn't have the discipline to run distance.
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