Asylum and How to Run Faster
Sprint training is about how to run faster, but have you tried the Beachbody workout Asylum? The speed and agility drills can help you get stronger and faster.
I just finished my first week with Insanity The Asylum with trainer Shaun T. It is a sports performance training program that you do at home with dvds. With every workout, I think back to my high school track days because I wish I would have had this program in my competitive days when I wanted to know how to run faster.
Of course my coach had us doing all kinds of speed and agility drills like mountain climbers and wind sprints. This was just the brutal reality of track training. We wanted to know how to increase running speed. Our coach taught us we had to get stronger to get faster and we had to practice agility drills.
There is a special kind of breathing that only comes from exerting your full effort in track and field training. It is that totally out of breath but totally pumped powerful breathing you experience after a good practice run or race. The moment when you bend over and rest your hands on your knees and breath in deeply to get your heart rate back to normal. I thought about this unique feeling as sweat was dripping off my shoulders and back during The Asylum. I looked in my mirror and realized I had not felt like this since my track days.
When I do bear crawls in the Asylum, the sides of my calves get a good burn. I am not talking about the back of my legs…the sides of my calves are getting a good workout. My quadriceps get plenty of burn with both rope jumping and ladder agility drills.
This program is about improving strength, skill, and performance. You will not do wind sprints, but you will do plenty of mountain climbers. If you have not realized yet how important your core muscles are in increasing your running speed, you will after doing the drills in Asylum.
Running involves your whole body. All your body parts (legs, core, arms, feet) need to be strong, coordinated, and working together. Agility drills help you focus on form and getting your whole body working with purpose toward your ultimate goal. So, back to the question of how to run faster – how to increase running speed. I think you have to work on your strength, focus, and coordination to get faster.
Shaun T ran track and was a hurdler. He knows what it takes to get stronger, more focused, coordinated, and faster. He shows you how to improve your performance in the Asylum. I’m going through this program to improve and challenge my current fitness level. It’s funny how I keep thinking about high school track training and how to run faster.
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