Should Athletes Run Wind Sprints for Conditioning?
I'm tired. Not because I've been running intervals all day, but because reading article after article of recycled babble making bold claims about the benefits of wind sprints can be exhausting. If you search the web for "Wind Sprints," you will be presented with a deluge of articles from the most popular fitness sites, all pushing you to drop what you're doing and perform these interval runs to improve your speed, conditioning and body composition.
This sprinting method consists of periods of top-speed running followed by periods of walking, jogging or rest. Although wind sprints confer plenty of benefits, they are not the one-size-fits-all method that many sites claim them to be. It's time to wise up about Wind Sprints and figure out exactly where they fit into our training for the results we really want.
Let's clear up the claims...
