2009 study<\/a> found that women had a greater growth hormone spike after sprinting than men, which could result in more muscle development in women than men. But don\u2019t expect significant gains unless you\u2019re pairing it with strength training.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily a replacement for strength training, but what it can do is promote maintenance of muscle size and muscle power,\u201d says Vincent. Hirsch agrees: \u201cWeights are still your best stimulator of muscle, but sprinting does stimulate muscle better than any kind of steady state cardio, like a long run or a walk.\u201d<\/p>\n
How to safely add sprinting to your routine<\/p>\n
Sprinting sounds simple in theory\u2014just run fast. But it\u2019s more demanding than it looks. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t want to just jump off the couch and then immediately start a really high intensity sprint training program,\u201d says Clark.<\/p>\n
Start with a solid fitness base. If you\u2019re not there yet, walking or jogging may be a better entry point. Then, ideally with guidance from a trainer or coach, you can work sprint intervals into your routine. Hirsch recommends starting with two sessions a week and capping at three; otherwise, you may overdo it and wear your body out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another common claim is that sprinting builds muscle, particularly in the glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps. \u201cOn social media,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97],"class_list":["post-35956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}