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Contents:
1. The difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
2. Breaking the anabolic floor
3. The link between anaerobic respiration and testosterone
4. The sprinter is the ideal physique
5. Go hard! Get sprinting spikes. Find a real track. Be one with the wind!
The difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration:
During aerobic respiration, one molecule of glucose typically produces about 36 to 38 ATP, depending on the efficiency of the process and the type of cell. This includes ATP from glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.
In contrast, during anaerobic respiration (or fermentation), the process is much less efficient. Only 2 ATP are produced per glucose molecule, which comes solely from glycolysis. Since the electron transport chain isn’t used in anaerobic conditions, the ATP yield remains low.
The key difference lies in the presence of oxygen, which is essential for the electron transport chain to produce the bulk of ATP in aerobic respiration. Hence, the whole concept of "calories in, calories out" misses the whole picture. You want to exert yourself to the point where the amount of aerobic respiration you can do is insufficient and your body has no choice but to supply you with energy from anaerobic respiration, because it burns at least 18x more glucose per unit of Total Energy Expenditure (TEE). This leads into breaking the anabolic floor.
Breaking the anabolic floor with sprinting:
Once you demand more energy from your body than your body can make with through aerobic respiration, your body tries to then go into anaerobic respiration. There is not a single exercise out there that maximizes the ratio of TEE/time duration than sprinting. This maximizes the ratio of (Energy from anaerobic respiration)/(Energy from aerobic respiration) which then maximizes the total amount of stored energy that is burned per unit of energy expended. Who cares about TEE? What we really wants to maximize the burning of stored energy!
The link between anaerobic respiration and testosterone:
The more you maximize your anaerobic respiration, the more you get your body to produce more anabolic hormones such as testosterone, androsterone, HGH, etc. That increase in anabolic/catabolic ration reduced the ratio of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat accumulation. Visceral fat is the fat surrounding your organs and subcutaneous fat is the fat underneath your skin. Visceral fat is the least aesthetically pleasing type of fat. And so, the biggest benefit of sprinting is not even necessarily the burning of fat (which is still huge). It is also the fact that it creates a hormonal environment that creates a more desirable visceral fat to subcutaneous fat ratio. Sprinting has been shown to be the most effective exercise to raise testosterone levels because it maximizes the TEE/duration ratio.
Sprinting is the ideal hunter body type:
Yohan Blake here is 5'11, 175
Assuming a body fat percentage of 8-9%, which is probably higher than what he really is, his ffmi would be 22.5. 90% of gym bros will never exceed this ffmi and does not even specialize in lifting weights or calisthenics! He specializes in sprinting! That shows how sprinting has the potential to breakopeq your ceiling.
Go hard! Get Spikes!
These spikes at the bottom of the shoes help with traction at a real track. They let you exert as much force as possible in a short amount of time.
This maximizes the TEE/duration ratio that we see going back to.
1. The difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration
2. Breaking the anabolic floor
3. The link between anaerobic respiration and testosterone
4. The sprinter is the ideal physique
5. Go hard! Get sprinting spikes. Find a real track. Be one with the wind!
The difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration:
During aerobic respiration, one molecule of glucose typically produces about 36 to 38 ATP, depending on the efficiency of the process and the type of cell. This includes ATP from glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.
In contrast, during anaerobic respiration (or fermentation), the process is much less efficient. Only 2 ATP are produced per glucose molecule, which comes solely from glycolysis. Since the electron transport chain isn’t used in anaerobic conditions, the ATP yield remains low.
The key difference lies in the presence of oxygen, which is essential for the electron transport chain to produce the bulk of ATP in aerobic respiration. Hence, the whole concept of "calories in, calories out" misses the whole picture. You want to exert yourself to the point where the amount of aerobic respiration you can do is insufficient and your body has no choice but to supply you with energy from anaerobic respiration, because it burns at least 18x more glucose per unit of Total Energy Expenditure (TEE). This leads into breaking the anabolic floor.
Breaking the anabolic floor with sprinting:
Once you demand more energy from your body than your body can make with through aerobic respiration, your body tries to then go into anaerobic respiration. There is not a single exercise out there that maximizes the ratio of TEE/time duration than sprinting. This maximizes the ratio of (Energy from anaerobic respiration)/(Energy from aerobic respiration) which then maximizes the total amount of stored energy that is burned per unit of energy expended. Who cares about TEE? What we really wants to maximize the burning of stored energy!
The link between anaerobic respiration and testosterone:
The more you maximize your anaerobic respiration, the more you get your body to produce more anabolic hormones such as testosterone, androsterone, HGH, etc. That increase in anabolic/catabolic ration reduced the ratio of visceral fat to subcutaneous fat accumulation. Visceral fat is the fat surrounding your organs and subcutaneous fat is the fat underneath your skin. Visceral fat is the least aesthetically pleasing type of fat. And so, the biggest benefit of sprinting is not even necessarily the burning of fat (which is still huge). It is also the fact that it creates a hormonal environment that creates a more desirable visceral fat to subcutaneous fat ratio. Sprinting has been shown to be the most effective exercise to raise testosterone levels because it maximizes the TEE/duration ratio.
Sprinting is the ideal hunter body type:
Yohan Blake here is 5'11, 175
Assuming a body fat percentage of 8-9%, which is probably higher than what he really is, his ffmi would be 22.5. 90% of gym bros will never exceed this ffmi and does not even specialize in lifting weights or calisthenics! He specializes in sprinting! That shows how sprinting has the potential to breakopeq your ceiling.
Go hard! Get Spikes!
These spikes at the bottom of the shoes help with traction at a real track. They let you exert as much force as possible in a short amount of time.
This maximizes the TEE/duration ratio that we see going back to.
