Building STAMINA

[sweet*science]

For me, me and my trainer do this 5 maybe 6 mile run. In the midst of the run we take "breaks" and do mitt work, the first few times will kill but afterwards you see and feel the benefits. We do that sometimes other times we'd just do the run and then mitt work right afterwards. Aside from that I do a twenty minute session on the treadmill. The routine is called 6,7,8's or at least that is what my trainer calls it. Basically if you can imagine one round being 3 minutes you break down each minute into different speeds. Meaning, the first minute you run at a speed of 6 on the treadmill, the second min. a speed of 7, and the final min. at a speed of 8 then repeat the process for the next 3 min round. You basically train your body to kick it up a notch as time goes by. I had been doing these for a week and then went into a round robbin sparring session and did about 10 rounds easily, not tired at all. I'd say these help with stamina.

Good luck

[Ace Dutrey]

I like that treadmill idea a lot! I'll definitely try that out. This is exactly the type of running drills I'm interested in. I'll definitely try some new ones as well but the treadmill idea sounds great. Thanks!

-Ace

[sweet*science]

No problem Ace Dutrey, let me know how it works out for you.

[Ace Dutrey]

Worked out great! Same thing as my roadwork except on the treadmill. Worked great yesterday due to the rain! I mixed it up rather than going from a jog, to a run, to a sprint. zI would mix it up at the minute mark. Thanks! Anything else you've tried as far as roadwork? I'm going to look into basketball players drills as well where they have dash runs across the court in distance/timed intervals and see how that works as well as look into a runner's training regimen.

[DempseyMarciano]

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Another exercise you might want to incorporate into your training seesions, is sprinting up a hill as fast as you can, then once you reach the top, run down it, but backwards.

[Salty]

Tabata intervals, 20 seconds sprinting 10 seconds rest, do this 8 times. Total of 4 minutes and tougher than any 5 mile jog.