Hi all - i just found this site and the forums (which are great! I like to see a forum with a lot of regular postings…) so decided that i myself will start a journal! I am forever planning to make plans, and this way at least i will have a record of my progress (or non-progress haha)
ok - stats:
Female, age 23yrs, height of 5’2" (about 157cm) weight of about 105lbs.
Only a couple of days ago i began to entertain the idea of becoming a sprinter… I have always been a regular gym goer and love to run outside so i am quite fit, physically.
Lately I have begun a more intensive weight training program than I am used to - focusing especially on working out my leg muscles. I can lift 60kgs on the leg press machine which i think is not so bad for my size - i expect to increase it significantly over the next few months…
HOWEVER! Back to the sprinting plan… tho i guess since its MY journal I can talk about both my sprinting AND my weight workout - so there! (i dont know who Im talking to…god maybe?!)
Last night i got on the track for the first time, just to check if I am a slowpoke or not, and based purely on my watch (its not even a stopwatch lol) I think my 100m time was 16 seconds. I am assuming that is pretty bad - considering everybody seems to be doing it in 11!! But I will get better, I just need practice… i wonder tho is 16 seconds average/low for someones first sprint attempt?
What i did was jog to the gym/track (1.5miles) then i jog 300m of the track, then sprint the last 100, and back to light jog again for 300 etc. I did it maybe 5-6 times and then went into the gym for my normal workout (with reduced cardio)
My plan is to do the sprint training perhaps 3-4 days of the week, and on top of this i will have 3 miles of jogging each day (to and from gym) and perhaps 4-5 weights workouts with some cardio mixed in - I do the cross trainer on a high level for 2-3 10minute spurts keeping my heart rate between 80-90% of maximum when I can. Its tough!!
Anyway since I have invented this plan myself… It is quite likely to be the wrong approach…but if anyone wishes to bestow advice upon me, i will be more than welcoming. (cash donations also welcome…hehe)
Oh! and for my warmup I do stretches for maybe only five minutes at home then the light jog to the gym… i think that 5mins to stretch is probably not enough?
thank you!