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Pushing your body to its limits is the latest workout trend – here’s how to sprint safely.
Sprint training shouldn’t just be something you find athletes doing on a running track. It’s actually a workout style that’s easily translatable to the gym – you may have even done it before when pushing yourself on a treadmill or spin bike in a high-intensity workout class.
As the name suggests, it involves intervals of work and rest. “SIT is a derivative of HIIT,” explains Melissa Weldon, head coach at workout studio Sweat It. “However, HIIT tends to work in hard intensities with eight of out 10 efforts, whereas SIT aims to work at maximal effort – you’ll be pushing yourself to a 10/10 difficulty.”
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