10 laps to thinner You
In this article, I am going to share one of the best way to lose fat, boost up your metabolism. It takes effort but doesn’t take much time. You’ll be surprised how fast you’ll be dropping pounds off your body. As most of you readers know, I am not fat of slow-paced cardio routines. While it’s effective it has negative effect on muscle mass.
As you know muscle mass helps with your body’s metabolism. So I chose to go the other way around. And that is…
One of the best way I found to lose weight is sprinting.
I also have a confession to make, I don’t like jogging or running at all. But when it comes to sprinting, I love it. Not only it’ll help me handle mental stress but also boost up my heart rate and helps improving my cardiovascular system.
And when I said, “10 laps to thinner you”. I wasn’t telling you the completely truth. You are not running laps. Instead 10 X 100 m sprints. You can increase the distance by 200 or 400 m, but not more than that.
This sprint training not for the weak willed people. Trust me, it takes heart to run 10 sprints of 100 m. Doing it 3–4 times per week will be taxing on your body.
If you are wondering why I am suggesting to go over 400 m sprints, then the answer is simple. when you are doing any kind of running, you are involving both anaerobic and aerobic components. What I want is to involve more of anaerobic/high intensity components into your routine. But when You go over 400 m, your body starts using more of aerobic components.
This will ensure enough energy system boost to decrease fat storage but not your muscle mass, thus ends up increasing your metabolism.
How to Sprint to lose fat?
This part is easy. Wear good running shoes. I don’t support running on tracks instead in the grassy park (if you are allowed). If you are heavy, running on tracks will be hard on your joints.
Week 1 -4 of 10 X 100 m sprints. Do it 3–4 times per week, Depending on your schedule. After every 100 m sprint, you can either jog or fast walk to take rest, No stopping allowed.
Take your total time. Every week try to decrease the rest time and try to improve your time.
Week 5–8 will be 10 X 200 m sprints. Now go for 200 m only if you think your body is ready to take the challenge. No need to act macho. No body will notice. Listen to your body and you’ll be fine.
Similarly as you graduate from 200 m, you can start with 400 m. Later on. You can try to shuffle from 100 m – 400 m depending on your mood and time limit. Heck you can try 10 sprints of different distance, 100,200,400,100,200,400,100,200,400 etc.
Take note this should be added to your existing workout routine. If you workout at gym, then space out your time properly (running in the morning and gym in even etc).
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