[quote]chillain wrote:
p-dubs wrote:
You can actually get a somewhat similar effect just by doing your sprints uphill or downhill.
Be careful with this. Uphill is amazing and will absolutely hit those posterior chain muscles hard; but downhill is almost all quads, and that just doesn’t make for “correct” sprinting at all.
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Have you ever accelerated in a sprint uphill? How far was the sprint? Have you ever sprinted downhill? How steep was it?
I completely disagree with this statement. I’ve used uphill sprints, and it’s mainly going to get your glutes and quads.
Downhilll on the other hand, if you’re using a proper hill steepness (which is not very steep at all!) and not resisting the hill, you’re going to be moving your hamstrings, calves, and glutes pretty hard.
[quote]Uncle Gabby wrote:
I’m trying to add sprints into my week, just started doing them last week.
How do you fit them in around your weight training? I can’t see doing a heavy lower body workout the day before or the day after sprinting.[/quote]
I fit them in however I can. As long as you’re using tools to recover, you should be fine after a couple weeks max. At some points I was skating, sprinting, and lifting the same day last season.