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?
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Logically I guess one might suggest that you undertrain them for a bit til they aren't so tired :cane: ;)
If it was me with overtired legs, I'd back off the kick sets for a week and see if it helps regain some strength back. Then ease back into kicking and lay off the fins for a while. :confused: It's not like you're going to lose much in a week when they're already overdone.
Logically I guess one might suggest that you undertrain them for a bit til they aren't so tired :cane: ;)
If it was me with overtired legs, I'd back off the kick sets for a week and see if it helps regain some strength back. Then ease back into kicking and lay off the fins for a while. :confused: It's not like you're going to lose much in a week when they're already overdone.
