Medium range exercises are used to gain extra strength and fitness. Usually, heavyweights are used with less number of repetitions. These sort of exercises are mostly the hardest t do. All you need is to have a high level of motivation and stamina, which can be gained by running or cycling.
Well it seems like this problem gives you what you need. You said the car was going 4m/s and then accelerated to 60m/s... so 4m/s would be your answer for the initial velocity