how to incorporate sprints into a powerlifting routine

When I incorporated sprints, it helped my overall strength/conditioning way more than I expected it. I liked to do them 3 times a week with one day falling on leg day. Not the most in depth advise, but honestly you grind through the pain when its a day or two before and it'll get easier. I have been wanting to start doing them again.

I would just roll with a prowler or sprint after the workout.

I think wendler has a conditioning section in the powerlifting 5/3/1 called 3/5/1 or something like that

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Consider at least some hill repeats vs sprints; easier to recover from and much less likely to injure.

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I second the hill sprints. They're easier on the knees. The good news is that if your gym has a treadmill, you can do inclined sprints on that.

eta: From Jim Wendler

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Incline Treadmill Sprints

This is by far my favorite winter conditioning tool. Since most people train in commercial gyms, it's very easy to prescribe. Running treadmill sprints is also easy to do.

1.Turn on treadmill.
2.Ramp up the incline as far as it can go.
3.Start at 6 miles/hour.
4.Run for 15 seconds.
5.Hop off treadmill (feet on the sides of the belt) and rest for 45 seconds. During the rest period increase speed .5 mph.
6.Repeat until you get to a speed that is challenging for you.
7.Do this 20-30 times.

Incline treadmill sprints have a great built in warm-up (starting at a lower speed) and allow you to adjust the speed for your conditioning and speed level. It's very easy on the knees and hard on the lungs. Plus, you can do more work in 20 minutes than people who fart around for an hour.

A good option is doing these with a partner – he rests/you go. You can be a little more lax on the rest times than what I listed as it doesn't matter that much. The key is to run the sprints without taking too much rest in-between.

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7.Do this 20-30 times.

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I do incline treadmill sprints doing 30 seconds running/30 seconds rest for 20 minutes and am absolutely gassed after 20 times. 30 would kill me and I am in pretty good cardio shape. Highly recommend this for cardio.