Great job John! When I do sprints on a bike, I find it extremely helpful to hyperventilate about 10 secs before starting to load up and oxygenate my blood. Do you have any tips for fast and efficient sprinting I can experiment with?
Hi again, Scott! I will try your hyperventilation trick during my sprint training next week. Thanks for the tip! If you're going to sprint on a treadmill, get an inexpensive safety harness, and you can do a ramp-up start or a hop-on start. With a ramp-up start, you stay on the belt the whole time it's speeding up, and with a hop-on start, you wait until the belt is at your target speed before hopping on (while holding on). Both may be beneficial, but the hop-on start lets you spend 100% of your energy at your target speed. With a ramp-up start, you might use up all your energy before you even get to your target speed.
@@TreadmillSprinter Thanks for the advice! BTW, in cycling huge gains can be obtained in riding anything over 12mph when tucked in an aerodynamic position. In addition, aero cycling kits also reduces wind resistance. You may want to consider donning more aerodynamic attire when attempting your PRs--skin tight suits are really the best! You really don't want to be slowed down by flapping loose clothing.
@@bikedawg Now that's a great idea! Treadmills are famous for having no wind resistance, but you just made me realize that's only partially true! There's no wind resistance on my torso, and no significant wind resistance at all when walking or jogging, but when sprinting... yeah, my arms and legs are moving fast enough through the air to be resisted by the air, especially my hands and feet! Right now, I'm inclined to think my new compression pants and a short sleeve shirt will suffice for treadmill sprints. Regarding cycling, I once rode ~1,200 miles cross country with a friend, and one day we started down a very long downgrade, followed by a very long upgrade. We stopped and talked about it, and hoped to get enough momentum going down to help us up the other side. Ricky was in far better condition than I was, so he took the lead, tucked in, and pedaled furiously in high gear. I drafted, and had to ride my brakes to keep from running into his back tire! After several minutes and only about halfway down the hill, I decided to prank Ricky when he was obviously starting to get winded. I dropped back a bit, started pedaling as hard as I could, speeding up behind his wind break, and intending to slingshot around him. It worked until my front tire reach to about his crank, and when I lost the wind break, it was like hitting a wall! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't gain on him past that point. And our plan didn't work, either, because the hill was so long, our momentum was all gone on the flat before we started uphill again.
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Great job John! When I do sprints on a bike, I find it extremely helpful to hyperventilate about 10 secs before starting to load up and oxygenate my blood. Do you have any tips for fast and efficient sprinting I can experiment with?
Hi again, Scott! I will try your hyperventilation trick during my sprint training next week. Thanks for the tip!
If you're going to sprint on a treadmill, get an inexpensive safety harness, and you can do a ramp-up start or a hop-on start. With a ramp-up start, you stay on the belt the whole time it's speeding up, and with a hop-on start, you wait until the belt is at your target speed before hopping on (while holding on). Both may be beneficial, but the hop-on start lets you spend 100% of your energy at your target speed. With a ramp-up start, you might use up all your energy before you even get to your target speed.
@@TreadmillSprinter Thanks for the advice! BTW, in cycling huge gains can be obtained in riding anything over 12mph when tucked in an aerodynamic position. In addition, aero cycling kits also reduces wind resistance. You may want to consider donning more aerodynamic attire when attempting your PRs--skin tight suits are really the best! You really don't want to be slowed down by flapping loose clothing.
@@bikedawg Now that's a great idea! Treadmills are famous for having no wind resistance, but you just made me realize that's only partially true! There's no wind resistance on my torso, and no significant wind resistance at all when walking or jogging, but when sprinting... yeah, my arms and legs are moving fast enough through the air to be resisted by the air, especially my hands and feet! Right now, I'm inclined to think my new compression pants and a short sleeve shirt will suffice for treadmill sprints.
Regarding cycling, I once rode ~1,200 miles cross country with a friend, and one day we started down a very long downgrade, followed by a very long upgrade. We stopped and talked about it, and hoped to get enough momentum going down to help us up the other side. Ricky was in far better condition than I was, so he took the lead, tucked in, and pedaled furiously in high gear. I drafted, and had to ride my brakes to keep from running into his back tire!
After several minutes and only about halfway down the hill, I decided to prank Ricky when he was obviously starting to get winded. I dropped back a bit, started pedaling as hard as I could, speeding up behind his wind break, and intending to slingshot around him. It worked until my front tire reach to about his crank, and when I lost the wind break, it was like hitting a wall! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't gain on him past that point. And our plan didn't work, either, because the hill was so long, our momentum was all gone on the flat before we started uphill again.