So my fat burning workout today was 1 minute and 56 seconds. Is that long enough to see real results? I think so. I mean after all I was breathing hard and sweating quite a bit. The intensity was high.

You see, my workout consisted of 8 rounds of sprinting. Each sprint was roughly 15 seconds, give or take a second. And the total amount of time I sprinted was 1 minute 56 seconds. Of course I had to rest in between sets to catch my breath and recover for the next round of sprints. How long did I rest? I don’t know – didn’t time it. I simply rested until I caught my breath and was ready for the next round of sprinting.

Now there is a lot of research showing that sprinting has amazing health benefits and is a great fat burning workout. If you’re not into research, no problem. Just do a Google search for sprinting to see the type of lean bodies that sprinters have. Still not convinced that 1 minute and 56 seconds is long enough for a fat burning workout? What about 4 minutes? When Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in less than 4 minutes, that was an amazing workout. Or how about 5 minutes and 53 seconds? This was my time when I ran the mile as fast as I could back in November (see the video below). I can tell you I absolutely got a great workout.

If you still aren’t convinced, I encourage you to go out and try running some 10 second sprints at a local track. I would also encourage you to be familiar with interval training first and follow the protocol in Abs Uncrunched before trying all out sprinting. Make sure you warm up before you do a max effort. And sprinting doesn’t have to be running. Try going as fast as you can on a stationary bike.

The days where you could use the excuse “I don’t have time to workout” are over. Crank up the intensity, give maximum effort and your workouts will only last a few minutes a day. And your results will amaze you even more. I would love to hear what you think.

Have a great one…

Scott

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