Hill Sprints To Start Off Spring

April 20th, 2007

Spring is finally here!

After months and months of cold weather, blizzards, and almost getting in a head on collision due to the snow, the snow is finally gone!

I love this time of year. You wake up to a sun-filled room (if you sleep with your curtains open – which you should), hear the birds chirping, and the air is more crisp and fresh than during the winter months.

Do you know what the best part about spring is though? Being able to exercise outside and do hill sprints!

I just did my first hill sprinting workout of the year today, and I have to say it felt great. I decided to take my dog Rocky for a walk to loosen up my legs and get them ready. I also jogged slowly for a bit during the walk to further loosen them.

After the walk I grabbed a jug of water, carried it up to the road where there is a very steep, long hill, and had at it. It felt great to be outside.

After only about 7-8 minutes of exercising, I was done for the day. That’s about all it takes when you do high intensity training like I do. Talk about short and sweet. I was going to add more training into the day, such as boxing, but I wasn’t feeling right so I decided that was good enough for the day.

My muscles weren’t used to doing hill sprints so I had to cut it short. In the winter I’ve been doing stair sprints and stationary bicycle sprints, but it’s just not the same thing.

Granted, as the nice weather continues and I continue to hill sprint, I’ll get used to it and spend a little more time doing it, but it’s still always under 15 minutes or so for a full workout on my cardio days. Beats walking on a treadmill for an hour being bored out of your mind huh?

I’ll be talking in much more detail about the amazing benefit of doing hill sprints (or any type of high intensity training for that matter) so stay tuned.

Your perfect life awaits you,

Jeremy

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