Sprinting Techniques – Benefits & How to Perform
Runners are tending to stick to the running & jogging combinations & steady pace run. While running & jogging are the fabulous activities for the cardiovascular endurance & weight loss, sprint has the benefits beyond their leisurely jog in parks.
Sprinting requires the power from lower body & abs. It is also felt amazing in running with everything the person’s have, for testing their lungs, the heart & the explosive forces.
Sprinting Benefits :
■Increases the metabolism for longer period after the exercise than jogging.
■Also develops the greater hamstring muscle.
■It improves the heart & the lungs recovery time.
■Helps to improve the endurance for the long distance runs.
■Sprints intervals between the jogging sessions, helps in the weight loss.
Sprinting Techniques Benefits
How to perform sprinting?
Sprinting is everything about the speed. The correct way for sprinting is with their body slightly leaned forward to about 5-7 degrees from foot, and not from the hips. Arms must be relaxed, and made to swing from the shoulders & flexed to about 90 degrees. Feet must hit the ground from heel to toes. Do not run on their toes as they provide no stability & can become the cause for the injuries.
While performing sprinting, the person’s stride must start under center of gravity. Basically, do not let their feet to go too away in front of their body. It is called the over striding. Also running in the baby steps is known as the under striding. Both the under & the over striding can slow the person down. Throughout the sprinting the person must always be stayed relaxed. Tensing their body slows the person down and at the same time it will tire out their body more quickly.
Ways to Start the Sprinting?
The best way for performing the sprinting in to their runs is made the person to jog about 2 minutes & then sprinting for about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Progress should me made by changing time interval to about 1 minute jog, and 30 seconds sprinting or any other variation in which a person is jogging or walking for longer period of time than the sprinting.
If a person uses the 400 meter track, sprinting should be done about 50-100 meters, and then they must walk at the brisk pace or can even jog and recover the rest of the track & this should be repeated for about 5-10 times.
This Guest Article is written by Ramandeep Singh who writes at Easy16.com