Suicide sprints for fat loss, what do you think?

**skelooth** · 06-23-2006, 03:51 PM

Suicide sprints are a basketball drill that (from what I understand) all basketball players do.

You start at one end of the basket ball court, and you sprint 1/4 of the way. Then you sprint back. Then you sprint half of the way, then you sprint back, then you sprint 3/4 of the way, then you sprint back, etc.

**madman911** · 06-23-2006, 05:27 PM

Why not just do regular sprints? All the going back and forth stuff doesn't make much sense if your goal is fat loss and you aren't actually training for basketball as the drill is designed to build one's ability to quickly change direction. I guess if this way is more fun... why not. If you do the drill, I'd say it would be best to do max exertion sprints on the way down the court and jog back at a moderate pace, that way its HIIT.

**Peaked_18** · 06-23-2006, 05:48 PM

300-yd shuttle is what your talking about.

Takes a lot out of you and is CNS intensive. Might want to change up your routine when including these.

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madman911 Metamorphosizing Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston Area Posts: 1,531 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 60	Why not just do regular sprints? All the going back and forth stuff doesn't make much sense if your goal is fat loss and you aren't actually training for basketball as the drill is designed to build one's ability to quickly change direction. I guess if this way is more fun... why not. If you do the drill, I'd say it would be best to do max exertion sprints on the way down the court and jog back at a moderate pace, that way its HIIT. __________________ Millennium Sport Technologies Sponsored Athlete http://www.millenniumsport.net IMPC 2006 Novice Division Champ IMPC 2007 Open Division Champ Never underestimate the power of the bandana.

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06-23-2006, 05:48 PM	#3
Peaked_18 a la commode Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,247 Recipes: 2 Rep Power: 96	300-yd shuttle is what your talking about. Takes a lot out of you and is CNS intensive. Might want to change up your routine when including these.