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?
My legs are continuously tight. I wear heels to work and my quads are even sore with those.
Uh, ditch the heels! Very bad for legs! Heels alone will cramp those legs up! Fashion be danged! Flat shoes are in and cool! Heels not good for legs ever. They are good for men to look at legs. Not that I am that militant, really. I wish I could wear heels but they screw up my posture big time. I like the look of heels. But I can't wear them.
So I would say, along with resting those legs, buy some very fashionable chic flat shoes. You don't have to be earthy/crunchy. There are some very cool flat shoes out there. Also, should you need to run away from anyone at your job or to/from your job, you can if you are wearing flat shoes. Again, I actually wish I could wear heels because they do look great and I have good legs if I say so myself, but they are very bad for legs and back and overall body position.
There. Soapbox over. I should be :bed: I need to drink fewer diet Cokes but dang it was hot today in Boston. What the heck is it with this here wethah?
My legs are continuously tight. I wear heels to work and my quads are even sore with those.
Uh, ditch the heels! Very bad for legs! Heels alone will cramp those legs up! Fashion be danged! Flat shoes are in and cool! Heels not good for legs ever. They are good for men to look at legs. Not that I am that militant, really. I wish I could wear heels but they screw up my posture big time. I like the look of heels. But I can't wear them.
So I would say, along with resting those legs, buy some very fashionable chic flat shoes. You don't have to be earthy/crunchy. There are some very cool flat shoes out there. Also, should you need to run away from anyone at your job or to/from your job, you can if you are wearing flat shoes. Again, I actually wish I could wear heels because they do look great and I have good legs if I say so myself, but they are very bad for legs and back and overall body position.
There. Soapbox over. I should be :bed: I need to drink fewer diet Cokes but dang it was hot today in Boston. What the heck is it with this here wethah?
