I came across one of the good threads where John Kellogg talks about using alactic/creatine phosphate sprints to improve speed and was curious, at what time of the year should these be used?
Can they be used year round since they aren't typical anerobic sprints? Or would it be a bad idea to do them at certain times of the year (base, peak, etc.)?
Thanks.
You can and should do them all year round. I do, with excellent results. 10-15 seconds, I usually do 6 or 7 12 seconds sprints flat out. They do not interfere with endurance training because you are burning mostly ATP and CP.
I was a sprinter in college and used the supplement creatine phosphate some. But what exactly are creatine phosphate sprints?
There is a neuromuscular component in play as well.
These are simply a form of strides.
I understand they're a form of strides, but it seems you're getting a totally different outcome. Typical strides of 100-200m at 1 mile/5K pace are just to maintain speed, correct? But these alactic sprints are to improve speed and power, no?
redmeansdead wrote:
I was a sprinter in college and used the supplement creatine phosphate some. But what exactly are creatine phosphate sprints?
Anything from 5-17 seconds approximately. During the first few seconds of running we use ATP stores and when that runs out ATP is produced from Creatine Phosphate, before we go into Glocolysis - sugar burning.