Sprinting Hills: 7 Champions Who Found The Quickest Way To Get Fit, Fast And Lean
If you’re like most athletes, you’re looking for a simple solution. You are looking for a training that can simultaneously:
improve your speed
Increase your strength and power
Get skinny and mean
Raise your stamina levels
All without adding massive amounts of time to your already hectic exercise schedule.
And if you’re like most athletes, in search of that “perfect” workout, you’ve wasted precious time and money on the latest and greatest high-tech supplements, exercise equipment, training gadgets, and fad diets.
But, the truth is that the answer is not that difficult at all. It is something similar to this:
1. Find a hill.
2. Start at the bottom.
3. Run as fast as you can.
4. Walk down.
5.Repeat.
Do you think this seems too simple? Many people do. But if you need some convincing, take a look at what hill sprinting has done for these legends of the sport:
Football legend Walter Payton made hill sprints his bread and butter… led to the NFL rushing record and Hall of Fame.
Another great gridiron player, Jerry Rice, ran legendary “make you throw up” hill sprints… and was still playing in the NFL at age 40.
Running back Marcus Allen… all he did was win the Heisman and become Super Bowl MVP with hill sprints.
Linebacker Junior Seau has played 17 years in the NFL and has made more than 1,200 tackles using sprints down hills … sometimes while carrying a teammate on his back.
Defensive end Simeon Rice remains relentless in the 4th quarter due to his speed training on hills … he has 119 sacks in 11 years to prove it.
Jets running back Curtis Martin, who rushed for 1,000 yards in each of his first 10 seasons and has more than 100 career touchdowns, regularly runs through the hills of Santa Monica, California, during the offseason.
Even Lance Armstrong, albeit on a bike, has made hill sprinting a staple of training that earned him 7 Tour de France titles.
And that’s not all… in addition to these incredible athletes, many people who need to stay in top shape run sprints on hills. From the strongmen of yesteryear to the police and fire departments, from the world’s elite military forces to Olympic sprinters, and from NBA stars to baseball’s greatest…everyone knows the secret power of this workout. Yes, the toughest of uphill sprints to stay strong, powerful and in top shape.
Give them a try and get ready for some serious results.