Beach warmups are my favorite not only because the beach is my favorite place to be at normally but compared to exercises on solid ground, sand training is less rigorous on the joints because it gives you a softer landing. Sand work lessens the compressive pressures that walking, jumping, and sprinting place on the joints. While at the same time beach training can strengthen the foot and ankle muscles, as well as the stabilizers of other joints cause when sand moves beneath your feet, it engages your ankles, arches, and calves. Performing these warms ups/drills at the beach will improve your leg strength and agility allowing you to sprint faster. A-Skips: Are a simple exercise that promotes an effective footstrike, knee lift, and the development of lower-leg strength. How to: As you come off your toe in a a skip, pull one knee up at 90 degree angle to waist height while keeping your rear leg straight. In the air your feet are flexed and toes are dorsiflexed. Arms are in sprint form with elbows 90 degree angle and relaxed hands. 1 set down and back 30ft Straight Leg Skips: This exercise will help you reduce the amount of time you make contact with the ground, get rid of the heel-striking deceleration, and improve your cadence. How to: Keep your arms by your sides and stand tall. While your opposing arm swings forward, raise one leg in front of your torso. Your body will move forward as the other leg and arm swing forward. Fully extend the lifted leg, then use your glutes to pull your heel back down toward the ground and create a double foot contact. Repeat with alternate leg. 1 set down and back 30ft C-Skips: Targets hip flexor strength and flexibility for greater, knees drive, triple extension, mobility and faster leg turnover. How to: Take a step forward drive one knee up as high as possible and back down touching the ground with the ball of your feet, take another skip, rotate your hip outward, swing the same leg knee up and out to your side then quickly rotate the leg inward and down to the ground. Repeat with alternate leg. Maintain heels and toes upward on the knee drives. 1 set down and back 30ft #beachday #sprinttraining #baseballlife #veganfitness