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?
Alison, is it more stretching or massage? Or both? Do they stretch me? I'm guessing so. Oooh, I'll get the Dara Torres treatment :applaud:
Michelle- Our laptop died at home so I haven't been able to upload new pix or videos for a long time. You can see some old ones on FB if you friend me
:agree: Patrick, Jr is 10, Brenna, 7, Carrick, 6, and Finnian 2. They were real troopers going to the gym's daycare while I did fantastic amounts of garbage yards :D
It's hard to describe. You will be moving your muscles as they are doing a tissue massage. So it's not relaxing. The hamstring one is the worst for me. I have such tight hamstrings! Mine works my shoulders, neck, delts, pecs, thighs, shins and then anything else I ask for.
Alison, is it more stretching or massage? Or both? Do they stretch me? I'm guessing so. Oooh, I'll get the Dara Torres treatment :applaud:
Michelle- Our laptop died at home so I haven't been able to upload new pix or videos for a long time. You can see some old ones on FB if you friend me
:agree: Patrick, Jr is 10, Brenna, 7, Carrick, 6, and Finnian 2. They were real troopers going to the gym's daycare while I did fantastic amounts of garbage yards :D
It's hard to describe. You will be moving your muscles as they are doing a tissue massage. So it's not relaxing. The hamstring one is the worst for me. I have such tight hamstrings! Mine works my shoulders, neck, delts, pecs, thighs, shins and then anything else I ask for.
