Sprinting or distance running?

blodkrius
blodkrius Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hey.

I've been lifting weights and dieting for a couple weeks now, but I want to start eating more and making cardio...

So, overall, which is better for weigh loss: sprinting or distance running?

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  • coreyreichle
    coreyreichle Posts: 1,031 Member
    Neither.

    Exercise is for fitness. Diet is for weight management.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    In terms of sheer calorie burn, for me personally I could run at a slow speed for 2-3 hours, whereas sprinting would exhaust me quite quickly. My body is not built for speed. YMMV. Neither approaches will guarantee weight loss, and you will need to eat more than you currently do to fuel cardio (which can be tricky as you might find your appetite increases faster than your TDEE!).
    If you don't run or do much high impact exercise now though I would not suddenly start doing hill sprints or running 8 miles; it's best to build up gradually so you don't risk injury.
  • lousoulbody
    lousoulbody Posts: 663 Member
    C25K by Zen Labs give it a try....as for your question Sprinting or distance you should do both...not on the same day and take a day off in between. www.runnerworld.com Everything you ever what to know about running training & diet. "Run to Lose" is a good read as well. Happy trails!

  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Long distance sprinting
  • lousoulbody
    lousoulbody Posts: 663 Member
    www.runnersworld.com sorry i forgot the "s"
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    the more you run the more you will get to eat and still lose the same amount of weight. so it is a good idea if you are having trouble adhering to your current caloric intake or want to become a runner. If you want to be a runner, do you want to be a sprinter or a distance runner. that will be your answer on which to do.
  • drachfit
    drachfit Posts: 217 Member
    agree with first post. exercise is for fitness. diet is for weight management.

    a well rounded fitness regimen would include some amount of resistance training (lifting), some sprinting and some long distance stuff.

    typically, its harder to recover from sprinting and so a balanced cardio program will include 1 sprint workout for every 2 or 3 longer distance workouts.
  • harrybananas
    harrybananas Posts: 292 Member
    rybo wrote: »
    Long distance sprinting

    This is pretty much where it's at.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    If you want to eat more, then you need to burn more... so I guess the answer is whichever is going to lead to greater calorie burns, and that's largely a function of intensity and duration.
  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    The most ultimate style of running 400m or 800m track events. Mix of slow twitch fast twitch engagement.

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