killerasp

I did my leg set on tuesday. Wednesday i wake up with hurting legs. Today, i wake up and they are a bit sore but not fully recovered yet.

I go to start my new cardio regmine. I do a 5 min walk on the treadmill for a warmup. 10 mins, i my legs start to cramp up. THe muscle around the shin bone started to burn. 5mins later, the pain is unbearable. I try to walk it off, but the more pressure i put on my feet, the more pain i feel. I continue to walk to off so i decided to try biking since it would put less impact on my feet. 10 mins in on a low rpm, my legs start acting up. I rest for couple of mins wihile strechting it. This goes on for another 10 mins and i just give up for the day. What a day wasted. Im not going to work out till next week or till my legs stop hurting.

Did i mention i have a severe case of flat feet?

roadbuzz

Wellllll, I'd say maybe you need to ease up a little on your leg set!

RWTD

Sounds like he had an effective workout for legs growth wise but if the goal now is to burn fat training so hard and heavy as to affect ability to do frequent cardio can be counterproductive.So I agree back off on the weights by upping the pace and lowering the weight .Your goal should be muscle maintenience not maximum growth during a fat cutting phase.

killerasp

NOW YOU TELL ME!!!

Aemon_

sounds like shin splints to me.

later

killerasp

shin splints? whats that?

Aemon_

runners usually get them, i used to get them all the time when i ran x-country....

on the front of your lower leg, your shin to be exact, the muscle attached to you shin starts to pull away. it burns, and hurts reaaaaaalllly bad.

i used to put ice in those gallon ziplock bags, one for each shin, then sit on the floor (in front of the tv) and set them on my shins, then wrap them up with towels. its helps.

this page is pretty good, i'm sure there are better explanations of what shin splints are, but thats how it was explained to me. https://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/shin.html

hope this helps.

later

Aemon_

here's another one...
https://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cy...hinsplints.htm

later

Aemon_

and a doctor's explaination, and i'm done... really.

But what exactly is a shin splint? "Over the years, there have been several theories," says Julie Colliton, M.D., a sports-medicine specialist and board member for The Physician and Sports Medicine journal, "small tears in the muscle that has pulled off the bone, an inflammation of the periosteum [a thin sheath of tissue that wraps around the tibia, or shin bone], an inflammation of the muscle, or some combination of these, but there's no hard-core consensus among sports scientists." Fortunately, there is some hard-core advice on how to treat shin splints.

killerasp

i was never athletic before this. i never did a sport hardcore other than biking. before the "cramps" or whatever it was i had only used the treadmill 2 other times.

roadbuzz

Killerasp, I know you have other threads about your fitness program, and I haven't been following them very closely. Thing is, if you're lifting to improve your cycling, well, maybe you shouldn't. Or at least not this time of year (assuming you're in the northern hemisphere). It's my opinion that you can't lift heavy in a regular program, and maintain a decent spin. (Flame away, y'all... maybe it's worth some discussion.) And you can continue to develop cycling specific strength and endurance on the bike. For an opinion that's more informed than mine, refer to the first question here (CyclingNews Fitness Q & A), and also read the referenced link.

However you proceed, good luck with your program!

Guest

No flame- I'm here to douse the flames with water. Roadbuzz, you are soooo correct. If you're lifting to improve your cycling, the best time to do it is after your cycling season ends. You start lighter, then pick up the weights over the fall into the winter, and by late winter, you're doing power lifting and plyometric exercises, and by the start of spring, you're starting to decline your weights as you pick up the cycling. By the end of spring, you're just doing light weights for maintenance, and your cycling season is full-on. This would be your best scenario to get the maximum results for your cycling!

killerasp

its 2 days in and im feeling good. ive been keeping my diet on track (eating multiple small meals). i worked out yesterday for the first time in 4 days. i felt great. my legs didnt burn as much as it did before. i stretched my legs and calf a bit more than i usually do. i ran about 2 miles in 22 mintues and biked for about 25 mintues. i feel great today, full of energy.