Heavyness in legs

waterford1988

I have had this problem lately. I play on goal in hurling and have always been fairly quick to move around the goal. However between college and club I have been training non stop since September. I got a week off at xmas that was it. I would be big into doing my own training outside club training on footwork, core, skills ect. However our club training wouldnt be the most modern whcih results in me being forced to run laps around the field which as far as I know develops slow twitch muscles as opposed to the fast twitch muscles needed to move from post to post while a sliothar is lashed at you.

The last few weeks my legs are like lead. I will be forced to keep running these laps whcih I fear will make me lose the zip in my step. Can someone give me any tips to get this feeling out of my legs? I stretch most days, drink plenty of water. Train with the club 3 times a week, once on my own, weights every other day and a match at the weekend. I dont do that much leg weights. I do unweighted lunges, calf raises and a few olympic lifts which hit my legs too.

Any tips for getting my legs fresh without taking time off training?

zebrafumbler

Hi Waterford1988

Sounds like a classic case of over training. Overtraining occurs when the volume and intensity of an individual's exercise exceeds their recovery capacity. When your overtrained the only remedy is to sit back and take some time off until you feel rejuvenated. Talk to your manager, tell him your burnt out and need some time off. Any half decent coach should know about overtraining and be empathetic towards your situation. Best of luck :-)

waterford1988

Thanks,

Unfortunately I can't afford to take some time off, some seriously important games coming up. Would to a physio for rub downs make that much difference or would it just be throwing money away?

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated!

Will Heffernan

waterford1988 wrote: »

I have had this problem lately.

You should see a Doctor.

I play on goal in hurling and have always been fairly quick to move around the goal. However between college and club I have been training non stop since September.

Which year?

I got a week off at xmas that was it. I would be big into doing my own training outside club training on footwork, core, skills ect. However our club training wouldnt be the most modern whcih results in me being forced to run laps around the field which as far as I know develops slow twitch muscles as opposed to the fast twitch muscles needed to move from post to post while a sliothar is lashed at you.

My advice to you with regard your particular situation...be as lazy as you can get away with at training...sit at the back of the pack and do as little as is humanly possible. Take this advice and all your problems will be solved...those laps at club training will stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution...instead of contributing to the 'damage' they'll be a chance for some 'active recovery'. Use it as a chance to loosen up and stretch.

The last few weeks my legs are like lead. I will be forced to keep running these laps whcih I fear will make me lose the zip in my step. Can someone give me any tips to get this feeling out of my legs? I stretch most days, drink plenty of water. Train with the club 3 times a week, once on my own, weights every other day and a match at the weekend. I dont do that much leg weights. I do unweighted lunges, calf raises and a few olympic lifts which hit my legs too.

Any tips for getting my legs fresh without taking time off training?

I thought that's what I just did?

Will Heffernan

waterford1988 wrote: »

Thanks,

Unfortunately I can't afford to take some time off, some seriously important games coming up. Would to a physio for rub downs make that much difference or would it just be throwing money away?

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated!

My opinion...forget the physio and try to get some massage.

There was a great study done in Aus looking at all the recovery modalities.

Centre of Excellence for Applied Sport Science Research, Queensland Academy of Sport, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Health and Human Performance, Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Achieving an appropriate balance between training and competition stresses and recovery is important in maximising the performance of athletes. A wide range of recovery modalities are now used as integral parts of the training programmes of elite athletes to help attain this balance. This review examined the evidence available as to the efficacy of these recovery modalities in enhancing between-training session recovery in elite athletes. Recovery modalities have largely been investigated with regard to their ability to enhance the rate of blood lactate removal following high-intensity exercise or to reduce the severity and duration of exercise-induced muscle injury and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Neither of these reflects the circumstances of between-training session recovery in elite athletes. After high-intensity exercise, rest alone will return blood lactate to baseline levels well within the normal time period between the training sessions of athletes. The majority of studies examining exercise-induced muscle injury and DOMS have used untrained subjects undertaking large amounts of unfamiliar eccentric exercise. This model is unlikely to closely reflect the circumstances of elite athletes. Even without considering the above limitations, there is no substantial scientific evidence to support the use of the recovery modalities reviewed to enhance the between-training session recovery of elite athletes. Modalities reviewed were massage, active recovery, cryotherapy, contrast temperature water immersion therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, compression garments, stretching, electromyostimulation and combination modalities. Experimental models designed to reflect the circumstances of elite athletes are needed to further investigate the efficacy of various recovery modalities for elite athletes. Other potentially important factors associated with recovery, such as the rate of post-exercise glycogen synthesis and the role of inflammation in the recovery and adaptation process, also need to be considered in this future assessment.

It's a great paper...short what they found was...nothing does anything and some of it actually hurts...but that if it makes you feel better then that's good enough. I'm serious as well...that's the gist of the paper.