opinions about resuming C25K

MsElphaba
MsElphaba Posts: 432 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
To recap: Tuesday this week I had a calf strain. I've been RICEing since and did a light workout today on my Wii. I applied ice after, and it is doing good. There is still some achiness on palpitation, but none on walking.

SO, tomorrow, should I
A. just do a reg workout
B. resume W3 of C25K
C. Redo either a W1 or W2 of C25K

Thanks.

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  • shell1205
    shell1205 Posts: 138
    Here is my 2 cents worth, with a quick explanation:

    I was on W2 D3 today, which is 90 seconds jogging, 2 minutes walking. Now, I have semi-bad knees, and small issue with shin splints. I've been making it through the workouts OK, though. We also bought the Wii Active game this past weekend, and I did the second day of the 30 day challenge yesterday, which is a ton of leg work. So today, my legs were slightly sore. I started the intervals, and my legs were SCREAMING!! I did 3 90 second jogs, and then went down to 60 second jogs and felt a little better (I also got a new HRM, and I was actually going over my max target rate with the 90 second jogs).

    So my opinion is to take it slow!! You don't want to re-injure your leg. Start walking briskly, see how you feel, then do maybe an interval or 2 of W1 and see how you feel. If you're good maybe do W2 intervals...

    Just be careful and listen to your body!!
  • stringsNlinks
    stringsNlinks Posts: 293 Member
    Here is my 2 cents worth, with a quick explanation:

    I was on W2 D3 today, which is 90 seconds jogging, 2 minutes walking. Now, I have semi-bad knees, and small issue with shin splints. I've been making it through the workouts OK, though. We also bought the Wii Active game this past weekend, and I did the second day of the 30 day challenge yesterday, which is a ton of leg work. So today, my legs were slightly sore. I started the intervals, and my legs were SCREAMING!! I did 3 90 second jogs, and then went down to 60 second jogs and felt a little better (I also got a new HRM, and I was actually going over my max target rate with the 90 second jogs).

    So my opinion is to take it slow!! You don't want to re-injure your leg. Start walking briskly, see how you feel, then do maybe an interval or 2 of W1 and see how you feel. If you're good maybe do W2 intervals...

    sounds wise! Always take it slow because if you injure you take it no where for how long? Best of luck -

    Just be careful and listen to your body!!
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