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Hell and back training problems

  • 28-03-2014 10:30am
    #1
    geegee1990
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    I am new ot this forum and have run into problems in my hell and back training.

    Signed up to the apollo in June to motivate me for fitness. however due to early arthritis and ole ligament damage and shin spints in my calf I am struggling to get the running fitness that I need. ( I do see a phyiso regularly)

    I was wondering if anyone had alternative ways to get my stamina and leg strength up without the stress and trauma running places on me. I plan to maintain slow easy running maybe twice a week but obviously need more than that.

    Is there anything I can do that will limit the strain on my calf and ankle yet leave me fit enough in order to compete? I am not planning on winning awards here now just to get around after all my medical set backs would be a major achievement to me!!

    Thanks for all the help guys- doing a complete lifestyle overhaul currently and it is daunting


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  • #2
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    The running aspect wont be the worst part. I did the 14k one in 2013 and was ****ting myself about the cardio aspect. It was the cold that got to me most. Make you you can do a pull up of two for the obstacles. Train in the cold. And run with a 10 minutes on, 2-3 minutes off to simulate the type of conditioning you need. Its not that bad, careful of the injuries and warm up thoroughly and dont allow yourself to get cold on the course.


  • #3
    geegee1990
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    I have very good upperbody strength so not to worried about that part. At the moment with running 10 mins on is not possible with my leg it just hasnt the stregth in it yet to go for that long whihc is frustrating as my lungs do.
    So I need to find a way to build the strength in my leg with out causing an injury or stressing it too much before the event


  • #4
    zsha
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    I don't know if this is any good to you depending on the injuries you have but I found trx brilliant for strengthening my muscles. I hurt my knees running before and started doing the trx a while back. It really gives you a whole body work out, every muscle! Even muscles you didn't know you had:D and since that I have eased back into running and so far knees are quite good, starting wk 4 of c25k


  • #5
    papu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    geegee1990 wrote: »
    I have very good upperbody strength so not to worried about that part. At the moment with running 10 mins on is not possible with my leg it just hasnt the stregth in it yet to go for that long whihc is frustrating as my lungs do.
    So I need to find a way to build the strength in my leg with out causing an injury or stressing it too much before the event

    Try swimming maybe .. Cycling if thats not too stressful , or using a cross trainer.
    Most of the obstacles where you've to pull yourslf over are at the end , which is much much harder to do after 10km , absolutely freezing and caked in muck.


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