Yesterday (the day after the warrior race) I felt really great jumping rope. I was on a roll, going on 400 in a row and then shortly after that, I felt a sharp pain develop on the outside of my right calf muscle. Man, why does it have to happen when I'm feeling so good! And there's never any real warning sign, but I know this injury, I strained my calf muscle. I'm very familiar with this injury as in recent years it's come back every 5 months or so. I know what I need to do in order to get better, but I'm just bummed I can't do the jump rope for a while. I was making such good progress. Guess I'll be on the bike and elliptical instead of jumping rope. The rest of the exercises are fine (well except anything involving jumping).
Today's workout was pretty tough, the push-ups and V-sits were the worst as I needed to go to my knees in the last 2 sets of push-ups and well the V-sits, they lost correct form, just didn't have the strength in my core. I need to work on those. Frustration.
Oh, suck! Bummer. At least you have cardio to fall back on. I hope you heal quickly! And I look terrible while doing the V-sits. So awkward.
ReplyDeleteV sits are ass. Hope your calf heals quickly. I started to get a strain around day 22 and had it worked on a little by a massage therapist... seemed to go away sooner than it normally would have.
ReplyDeleteGot a massage appointment booked for this Saturday. I'm definitely looking forward to it! Thanks for confirming that the V-sits suck!!
ReplyDeleteTake care of it, as Erin said things will heal faster with the good diet and exercise. Keep us updated.
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