More on Combat Conditioning Hill Sprints
Dear Friend,
The other day a 41-year old lady wrote to tell
me that she's loving the hill sprints. With one
caveat.
In her exuberance, she did too much, too soon.
She took my advice and tripled it, thinking more of
a good thing will make a better thing.
It doesn't. With Combat Conditioning you must not
just train hard - you must train smart.
Before you begin running hill sprints, you've got to
be in reasonable condition. This means that:
a.) You've got to be in condition to WALK up steep
hills without soreness. If you're not used to hill
work, this may take a weak or two. And again, that
is simply "walking."
b.) You've got to be able to walk "briskly" up hill
without soreness. This is harder than simply walking
and is a good place for many people stay, esp. if
they have long-standing injuries.
c.) You've got to be able to "run" up hill without
soreness. If all you've ever done is walk hills, this
is a major step forward, believe me.
d.) You've got to be able to run "hard" up hill
without soreness. Running "hard" is still not a
hill sprint.
e.) When you can do all of the above several
times in one workout - then your can move on to
sprints.
Some people can jump into hill sprints right away
without any problems. Some cannot. This message
is for those who cannot.
Last of all, hill sprints are NOT to be done everyday.
Please trust me on this one. They are a 2 or 3x a
week deal.
For more great workouts, be sure you study your
Combat Conditioning book on a regular basis.
Kick butt - take names!
P.S. What??? Could it be true that you don't have my Combat Conditioning
book and videos? If that's the case, let's change
this right now. Put your finger on your mouse and click on over
to Combat Conditioning.
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