Kerry warned me about this.
And apparently I forget sometimes that I am 39 (40 this July).
I severely overtrained my legs in March in my quest for our team yardage record. He told me that I might not recover for our Pac Champs (I didn't), and I might not even recover for Nats (obviously I didn't). I was ok, not great, for 50s and 100s. But anything over a 100 and I was toast as my legs were just non-functional.
I am not complaining/making excuses, for 2 reasons: I achieved my goal and broke our team record, and two, the meet is over and I need to move on.
But my question is this: how do you recover o/t legs? I've looked at a lot of sites and haven't seen any good ones, a lot of body building stuff too.
I wanted to start running today, but I don't want to dig an even bigger hole than the one I'm in.
I've never overtrained anything, so this is new for me. All suggestions are welcome.
Stretching- how often?
Massage- how often, type?
Other?
How did you know your legs were overtrained?
I think when my legs cramp up when I swim it is some indication I could be overtraining. Either that, or I'm not properly stretching, warming up, and/or warming down.
That said, I know some people who train for marathons or even (god forbid) ultra-marathons. They'll do 30+ mile training runs, a couple times a week.
I think more depends on getting your legs gradually acclimated to higher training levels.
How did you know your legs were overtrained?
I think when my legs cramp up when I swim it is some indication I could be overtraining. Either that, or I'm not properly stretching, warming up, and/or warming down.
That said, I know some people who train for marathons or even (god forbid) ultra-marathons. They'll do 30+ mile training runs, a couple times a week.
I think more depends on getting your legs gradually acclimated to higher training levels.
