Warm up for at least five minutes before performing a sprint, and then do one or two high -- but not maximum -- intensity sprints before going all-out and giving maximum effort.
Imagine being able to think a certain thought or concentrate a certain way and have your guy reload, or perform a macro, or sprint.
In a study by Rendi, Szabo, and Szabo [10], for example, where exercisers were asked to perform a 500-m rowing sprint, in which physiological awareness is high, it was shown that fast-tempo music increased arousal and, in turn, performance, even during high-intensity sprints, while music with a slow tempo did not generate such stimulating effects.
In a randomised cross-over design 20 junior representative rugby players (aged 19 ± 1 years) were given either contrast temperature water therapy or active recovery after performing a repeated sprint test.
Choong, who won European bronze last year, performed a brilliant sprint in the final 150m of the laser-run on Saturday to clinch second place.
And with that I'm about to perform a scuttling bow-legged sprint of my own out of the building and pass you into the strong but still tender hands of Andy Bull who might be able to make some sense of all this.
The objective of this study was to examine the potentiating effects of performing a single sprint-style sled push on subsequent unresisted 20 m sprint performance.
All subjects performed a repeated-sprint ability test on a cycle ergometer (5 x 6-sec maximal sprints every 30 secs) before and after seven weeks of training, designed to improve repeated-sprint ability.
To establish peak pedalling speed, the child first performs an initial "sprint" by pedaling as fast as they can for ~20 s against only the internal resistance of the ergometer (Pediatric Corival, LODE).
Carter entertained them by performing, at a sprint, four back handsprings and a backflip.
Subjects also performed a 30 m sprint test in an indoor rubberized track under two conditions: (1) starting from the stationary (standing) position [23] and (ii) starting with a previous 15 m run (running) thereby allowing achieving higher speeds in the first meters of the test [24].
