Sprint or Long distance?

chattychick

Which will burn more calories per workout? A bunch of sprinting (where I sprint, recover, sprint, recover) or one long run?

jbucci1186

from my experience, the sprint-recover-sprint-recover burns more because you exert much more energy overall than running at a slower pace (if you're doing them for the same amount of time).

MysticMaiden22

^^ agreed!

cheddarboy

Thats the great debate. I'm doing more of the sprinting to try to retain some muscle. In the past I ran longer distances and lost weight but alot of it was muscle. Epoc studies suggest that hiit gives you afterburn for longer periods if you believe in that theory, but you expend less energy during the actual exercise. (Ex: 15 mins hiit vs 45 mins cardio) - not the same amount of time..

Sadie98072

Are you talking about HIIT training with the sprints? Id say that you would use more energy doing that.

LAXigent

I was doing some research on that, I've read in various places and found out a work out known High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). It supposed to burn fat much faster also the "intense intervals allow for the release of fatty acids into the bloodstream. Additionally, HIIT results in increased HGH levels. HGH is a hormone that burns fat while preserving muscle. Finally, and possibly most importantly, HIIT results in EPOC, an after-burn effect which causes you to burn calories for hours after your workout is completed."

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i started this routine today, I'm going to pace myself till i can complete the whole phase of this specific work out which consists of:
I. 45 jog followed by 15 secs of your max sprint for10mins
II. 25 min of paced jogging
III. 30 sec jog followed by 30 sec sprint at max you can exert for 10mins
Total mins of workout 45

thats my grain of salt

ninerbuff

Whether you run a mile or walk a mile, the caloric burn is the same. The difference is the duration of time it takes.
Long distance running does end up burning more muscle tissue than sprinting. That's why the physiques of the 2 look different. I would rather look much more like a sprinter than a long distance runner so I do Tabata Protocol since I'm not an avid fan of cardio even though I'm a kickboxing instructor.