Quotes About Sprints

High-intensity training works well for cricket because we spend long periods waiting around and then have to perform sudden sprints or dives.

Slow-twitch muscle fibers are mostly used for long endurance exercises like aerobics, swimming, and distance running. Fast-twitch muscle fibers are generally more powerful and are activated during maximum exertion exercises like heavy weightlifting and intensive, short bursts of sprints.

If I'm just doing the sprints and not have such a massive program, I can really pour everything into it.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT Old Paradigm New Paradigm Manage time Manage energy Avoid stress Seek stress Life is a marathon Life is a series of sprints Downtime is wasted time Downtime is productive time Rewards fuel performance Self-discipline rules Purpose fuels performance Rituals rule

Sprinters typically look powerful, bursting with energy and eager to push themselves to their limits. The explanation is simple. No matter how intense the demand they face, the finish line is clearly visible 100 or 200 meters down the track. We, too, must learn to live our own lives as a series of sprints—fully engaging for periods of time, and then fully disengaging and seeking renewal before jumping back into the fray to face whatever challenges confront us.

One thing I do get aggravated by is people shouting with frustration if they get pushed and shoved in sprints. I don't push and shove anyone, but I don't care if somebody does it to me.

look at your life as a series of sprints, they say, rather than a marathon. Impose on your life a set of routines that allow you to stress yourself, then recover, stress, then recover, and you will find that, over time, your capacity, your resilience, and your energy will all expand.

I like to make my training sessions harder than an actual game with very high intensity workouts, lots of sprints and plenty of weight room lifts.

I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold.

I love to run, but training can be hard, especially with a family and a crazy travel schedule. I often do sprints with my kids, where they bike and I run along side them so we can 'race' each other for a quarter-mile or shorter repeats.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.

You will never see me on the bike or treadmill for long periods of time; I just use them for one-minute sprints between sets.

sun is just coming up as he exits the lobby and heads outside, the desert morning air far cooler than he expected. Sprints or

The point is that market timers risk missing the infrequent large sprints that are the big contributors to performance.

I haven't done it much, but listening to other people who have DH'ed, it's important to try to mentally watch the game and stay involved in the game as much as you can. Stay loose and find a place you could do a few sprints, so you're not going out there cold.

I like watching athletics and I like watching boxing. Probably the sprints, I like watching sprinting.

The Giro's difficult to predict for the points jersey because there are so many mountain-top finishes and there are as many points on offer for mountain stages as for sprints. It's really for the most consistent all-round rider and it's pretty difficult for me to win it.

Even when I was training alone, just me and one of United's fitness coaches, I loved going onto the field, doing sprints, being at the training ground.

A scrum team typically consists of around seven people who work together in short, sustainable bursts of activity called sprints, with plenty of time for review and reflection built in.

do licks the way we used to, running full sprints and doing obstacle-course-type getaways. But I still had the slick mentality of a hustler.

When you play for a club like Madrid, you always have to stay in the present, because everything is so intense: the sprints, the headers, the tackles, the training sessions, the away trips, the hotels. The victories and the defeats.

Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.