Hill Sprints
Cardio & Conditioning · legs · advanced
Start
FinishHow to do it
8-10 hard efforts of 10-15 seconds up a moderate hill, walking down fully between each.
Muscles worked
Primary: legs · Also works: glutes, core
Equipment
No equipment
Common mistakes
- Cutting the recovery short
- Running a hill that's too steep
Variations
- Flat sprints
- Treadmill incline sprints
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Related exercises
- High Kneeslegs
- Easy Zone-2 Runlegs
- Running Intervalslegs
- Incline Walklegs
- Boxing Footwork Ladderlegs
- Agility / Reaction Drilllegs
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