*mutter*

[ksmith]

I want to know why, every time I step up my workout and start to see results, some part of my body decides to go wonky.

::adjusts icepack on back of right calf::

Yanno what's funny? The reason I started walking on inclines was so I could take the pressure off my knees. Now my knees feel good...but the right calf, not so much.

Yes, I warm up. The area has never been particularly tight. I could always do the stair stretch thing pretty easily.

I am...ticked.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

The simplest and most likely explanation is that you're stepping your workout up a little too far. My husband did that to himself about four times in a row over the past six months. We're annoyingly fragile creatures sometimes, we humans. *hugs*

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

Yah, this is very true. Another simple and equally annoying explanation is some bodies are finicky and insist on all around performance... so just one kind of exercise ticks them off.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I like working out at home so much--I can do it at my convenience, and it doesn't matter what I look like. But I think my legs are rebelling against high impact. That may mean swimming or ellipticals, and that means I will need to join a club.

[torrilin.livejournal.com]

My legs are usually fairly happy with some combination of walking, biking and swimming. My arms want free weight work to go with that.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The issue seems to involve my right Achilles, which has given me trouble before. It's not really sore, but it feels stretched.

[pmrabble.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I can sympathize. Did the same to myself back a week or so ago - but the difference between Minnesota and Jackson Hole skiing gave me a bit of an excuse.
It's a combination of overdoing the new exercises, not enough stretching (at our age, there's no such thing as too much stretching), and not enough hydration. Then the Achilles gets a little inflamed, and everything falls apart!
For me, a little vitamin I, ice on the Achilles, and heat on the calf frees things up, plus a lot of easy stretching. The stair stretch puts too much strain on my Achilles, so I try some different things; anything to gently lengthen the calf (and hamstring!) muscles helps.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Walking on inclines seems to stretch them both. Running on inclines--stretching and impact--seems to be a little too much.

It's demoralizing. I want my teenage legs back.