Running sprints is one of the most difficult exercise sets there is. You need to run as hard as you can for short periods of time, using all the energy and muscle power you have. Fortunately, the benefits are well worth it. Sprinting is great cardiovascular exercise, it increases your anaerobic threshold and burns a lot of calories for a short period of time. On the other hand, if you have never run before, I do not advise you to start with sprints, because you are at risk of injuring yourself and quickly demotivating yourself.
During a sprint, your heart rate increases dramatically to compensate for the increased demand for blood flow to the muscles in your body. Sprinter brings your heart rate up to its maximum rate. Over time, sprint workouts can increase your maximum heart rate, allowing you to work more efficiently, and straining less for exercises that previously required more energy. Sprinter also increases your cardiovascular health, allowing you to take in more oxygen during exercise and increase your fitness.
The two main types of exercise are anaerobic and aerobic. Aerobic exercise requires large amounts of oxygen to function your muscles. Unlike sprinting and anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise does not strain the muscles as much. Aerobic exercise is likely to be sustained, such as running long distances. Sprinter is anaerobic exercise, which means it requires short bursts of energy which lead to muscle soreness during exercise, sometimes cramps . I’m not a scientist, but it would all be explained with the level of lactic acid the body can eliminate, so over time you increase your body’s ability to process lactic acid.
Since sprinting is anaerobic exercise, it works to build muscle in much the same way as free weight training in strength training. In this type of weight training, your body demands short bursts of energy that increase your muscle strength, and similarly, muscle size. However, unlike most strength training exercises, sprinting uses dozens of muscles at the same time, making it one of the most comprehensive strength training exercises available.
Researchers recruited 16 sedentary young men with an average age of 21 to compare the effects of endurance training and interval sprints. Some of the participants did six weeks of endurance training (40 to 60 minutes of cycling five times a week). The rest is high-intensity interval workouts (four to six 30-second sprints on bikes, interspersed with 4.5 minutes on low-intensity cycling, three times a week). In the next phase of the study, the researchers evaluated the before and after muscle biopsy of the participants.
It turns out that both forms of exercise, five hours of endurance training and 90 minutes of high intensity training helped reduce aortic stiffness (which affects the way blood flows through the arteries) and increase the body’s insulin sensitivity (the body’s efficiency in processing glucose). This is important because it means that the two types of workouts were equally effective in helping lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
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So in terms of debates between which is better between endurance training or interval sprinting, there is no overall answer, it all depends on what you are looking to achieve for yourself. If you go for a better general formatting , have time, and listen to your body, endurance is effective in maintaining good physical and mental health. On the other hand, if you are looking to lose weight faster, build muscle mass and save training time, interval sprints are a choice to consider, but be prepared to suffer a little more because there is no has no real comfort zones when you give it all.
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