What is Sprint?

Sprint is a high intensity workout that uses an indoor bicycle to achieve rapid results by pushing you to your physical and mental limits.

The 30 minute Sprint workout combines bursts of intensity with periods of complete rest that push your cardiovascular fitness to new heights and help you burn up to 450 calories per session. It is one of our popular Les Mills programs in Morley, Baldivis and Southern River.

What it’s based on

Sprint is built on the science of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), which is about going as hard as you can for a short period, then resting before doing it all over again. By interspersing each intense burst of activity with a period of recovery, HIIT shows us that we can keep on reaching our maximum target zone, which is where we start achieving best results. In Sprint, the maximum target zone is 85% – 90% of your maximum heart rate and participants aim to spend 20 minutes out of the 30 minute workout in this target zone.

The HIIT formula is known to be a primary activator of muscle and fat burning capacity and its EPOC effect means the body continues to use oxygen and burn fat up to a day after each HIIT session.

What it involves

Because Sprint is such a high intensity workout, you will need to have a certain level of fitness. However, there’s nothing to stop you beginning at your own pace, taking it easy for the first few sessions and gradually dialling it up to where you need to be.

In a typical Sprint session, your instructor will motivate you to adjust the tension and the pace of your ride in order to hit your required target zones at the right times.

Expect periods of intense pedalling followed by complete rest, with the focus shifting between sprinting (light tension), power training (more tension) and strength building (heavy tension).

The benefits of Sprint

Because it is solidly grounded in the science of HIIT, Sprint will provide participants with several important benefits;

• Fast results – maximum performance over minimum time will produce rapid results (the recommended maximum Sprint time per week is two 30 minute sessions).
• New outlook – you will develop a new sense of mental toughness as you come to realise what your mind and your body are capable of achieving.
• Open to anyone – because there are no complex moves involved and you can adjust the resistance to your own personal level of fitness, virtually anyone can try the Sprint workout, including those with orthopaedic injuries or restrictions.
• Fat blasting – a 30 minute workout can burn around 450 calories and continue to burn calories long after the session has ended.

Find a Sprint class near you

As well as burning fat, Sprint will help you build lean muscle, strengthen your core and increase your cardiovascular fitness, so if you’d like to give it a spin, contact us today at Bailey Fitness.

If Sprint is not the class for you, why not check out the rest of our fitness classes?