People who already use interval training do so for either burning fat or for improving their athletic abilities in specific areas. If you have been doing your research about interval training, then you know that it is one of the best ways to burn fat and retain muscle mass.

Sprinting is an effective interval training workout that not only gets you out of the gym but you are changing up your cardio routine. After doing the same routine on a regular basis, your body becomes acclimated and therefore doesn’t respond to your exercises like it should.

You can change up your sprint routines into so many variations that your body won’t get used to the same old thing. With the summer approaching, incorporating some track work is a perfect fit. You don’t need anyone to help you perform these sprints (unless you want to.) All you need is a track, good running shoes, and a stopwatch. Below is a basic sprint interval workout:

Sample Sprinting Interval Routine
Duration: 20 minutes
Routine: sprint for 10 seconds and jog for 1 minute

You repeat this routine until you’ve reached 20 minutes - so you don’t stop after you perform the sprint, you ease into a light jog, then back into a sprint. This is a very basic sprint interval and as you progress, you can vary the sprint time, add in a walk, etc. Sprint intervals don’t need to be done everyday but at least a few times a week.

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