Ooops – I played a game of touch rugby for the first time in 10 years and surprise surpise I tweaked a muscle:(
I run most weeks and even do short sprits every 1-2 weeks yet due to combination of factors and the length and intensity of the sport by muscles couldn’t withstand the stress. That said – shit happens and now I just need to follow the axiom = calm shit down, build shit back up:)
Things that went wrong
- I haven’t played touch rugby in ten years
- I ran hard twice in the days leading up to the rugby. I could already feel by hamstring was tired
Things that will help me recover
- The new stress wasn’t totally unreasonable, my fitness for running was ok, so lots of my surrounding muscles will be strong
- I’ll focus on good sleeps and easy activity
Once I am ready I will
- Build up my running again
- Do Nordic hamstring exercises
- Do deadlifts / squats / jumps
- Play squash at a lower intensity
After two days its already changed a lot. At this stage I’m confident in my recovery but things happen so I wont get discouraged if I have to shift gears again.
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