The Pain Of Inactivity

[old] Jumpsoda · Post by **[old] Jumpsoda** » May 30th, 2004, 1:50 am

I go about an one hour a day real slow 70-75% of MHR....long and slow. Throw in about 15 minutes of weight training every- day doing a split routine. I find it saves my knees and back, am able to row every day and improve my times because of the weight training. Work as a Physical Therapist and have had my share of injuries because of pushing too hard all the time. Actually this way I find I can get much more time on the erg overall.

[old] GeorgeD · Post by **[old] GeorgeD** » May 31st, 2004, 4:59 am

I sieze up when I take a break it is not nice ..... the rest of the time I just feel like I am falling to bits ...... I love being fit and healthy

[old] ranger · Post by **[old] ranger** » May 31st, 2004, 12:45 pm

Rick-- Sure, when I am inactive, I ache all over and feel wretched. Bad news. I sympathize. During the years I have spent racing on the erg, I have monitored how I feel with my long warm up and cross-training routines. If I feel bad when I am warming up (in the morning) or cross-training (in the afternoon), I stop immediately and don't erg (and I only start erging when I am fully warmed up in other ways). This seems to have worked as preventive medicine. I have gone at erging _very_ hard over the last three years or so, but have never been sick, stale, or seriously injured (a few strains here and there but nothing that has prevented me from continuing to row). This stategy takes both time and effort, but it seems to be effective, especially for older rowers. ranger

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » June 1st, 2004, 12:24 pm

Brian, I am sure that exercise on the erg is a lot better for you that a carton of cigarettes and five cases of beer a week! You might want to start of easy. Don't do any flat out sprints until you are sure that your shoulder joint can handle the full drive from your legs. Long Steady Distance (LSD) is probably the best exercise for someone who overloaded on carbohydrates (beer) and had a nasty smoking habit. Good luck with your erg. Paul Flack

[old] Fr. Ray · Post by **[old] Fr. Ray** » June 1st, 2004, 2:38 pm

Normally, whenever someone gets an injury, they tend to do things a bit differently then before. For example, you talk about your back hurting. Normally a person will then favor one side of the body over the other to compensate for the pain, thereby temporarily reducing the pain you now have, however, causing new pain later, because your body is now doing what it is not comfortable doing (for example, caring extra wieght on one leg over the other). If you walk unbalanced, then the muscles will be unbalanced, and pain will result. Of course once this pain starts, you again compensate your style to help now, but something else might hurt later. I've always found the best thing to do, is tolerate the pain now, and go about things as much as possible. If the foot hurts a bit, try not to limp, and if you can't do that, use crutches. Do what it takes so as not to get unbalanced in both the short and long run of things.

[old] brianric · Post by **[old] brianric** » June 1st, 2004, 4:40 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Canoeist @ Jun 1 2004, 11:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Brian, I am sure that exercise on the erg is a lot better for you that a carton of cigarettes and five cases of beer a week! You might want to start of easy. Don't do any flat out sprints until you are sure that your shoulder joint can handle the full drive from your legs. Long Steady Distance (LSD) is probably the best exercise for someone who overloaded on carbohydrates (beer) and had a nasty smoking habit. Good luck with your erg. Paul Flack  </td></tr></table> Paul Have not had a cigarette or alcohol since December 30, 2001. Not planning on doing flat out sprints. Brian

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » June 8th, 2004, 2:39 pm

Update...... Pains are ALMOST all gone. Taking longer than the one to two weeks that it took in my youth. Thanks for all the helpful advice. Samroot was probably spot on with the advice about the piriformis. I got a biofoam cylinder that is 6 inches in diameter and have been rolling over it on the floor. The pain in that area disappears like magic when I get up and walk around. Even though it has been tightening up again later, the tightness has gradually abated to the point where it is now almost non-existent. The sore back twinges at times but is holding up so far. With luck, I'm on my way to my next comeback. Finally got onto the 1500m/day+ honor board on May 27th, and then moved up to the 2500m/day+ list on June 6th. This morning I passed my wife on the board. When I showed her on sunday that she was ahead of me (she nevers looks at those things) she seemed surprised. I told her to enjoy while she could. "What?" she said, "You can't beat the real rowers so you've got to aim at me?" "Yo Mama," I replied, "I'll take what I can get. I don't hold back for nobody." She shook her head sadly and walked away. "What????" I yelled at her receding back. Babes! What can you do? Rick

[old] Samroot · Post by **[old] Samroot** » June 14th, 2004, 9:51 am

Rick I'm glad to hear the ball therapy is helping. Another simple stretch that seems to work is,when sitting,cross the offending leg over the other-the ankle above the knee,keeping the back,straight lean forward until you feel the stretch and hold for a 6 or 10 count,and relax-repeat a couple more times. It could be done while sitting on the erg. Over the years,I've accumulated a sizable bag of tricks of real or imagined solutions-whatever works or I believe works to keep me running or erging. Sometimes rest is the best option.

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