mgalovic01 Member

I'm going to tell you what I tell everyone: Strike the ground with the front of your foot, not your heel, and get ready for some sore calves. Now, some guy is probably going to chime in about what bad advice it is to change your stride. Try it, if you aren't already doing so, and see if it helps with your hip pain. Also,…

What you need is volume.

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There's this GPS based cell phone app called Lifeline Response where, once you set it, if you take your thumb off the screen for something like 20 seconds without entering your disarm code, it alerts a response center.

I ran Donald Trump's campaign, and trained The Road Runner to elude Wile E Coyote. So, respect my authoritah!

Calisthenic circuits like push ups, squats, lunges, crunches, pull ups, etc.

How so?

Shadow boxing, hitting the heavy bag. It might not be low impact but it might not bother your foot.

Your core has something to do with just about every functional movement performed. That was a good illustration of how it could play into leg pain. But, how does simply doing strength training, having seen a physiotherapist suggest a diagnosis including an element of core strength? Even if core strength was incorporated…

Calling foot strike nonsense shows how much you know about running. Heal striking is just bad form. There is nothing to cushion the impact. There are people out there who somehow manage to do it for years, and wind up with worn away cartilage in their knees later on in life. So, it's good advice for any runner. It's easier…

Ten minutes into this video is the end of the race, and the longest lead leg stride you'll see from a distance runner. Anything more extended than that is just plain ridiculous. No one runs like that. As far as core strength playing into leg pain, you offer nothing of substance to support it. I know that one could have…

Stride frequency is a nervous system thing. Quick feet drills geared more towards sprinting than agility could help with that.

Wholegrain carbs pre, like oatmeal, rice, bread, corn. Sugar during (from honey, fruit juice, raisins, figs, etc), for long runs. Protein post, from a shake, beans, etc. Fat around, from extra virgin olive oil, avocado, cheese. Also make sure you're getting plenty of fruits and vegetables. You can make vegetable soup. And…

Just a thought, but if you let your tatas hang, they would start to sag. Give the loose skin some support with something breathable and tight fitting under your cloths, like spandex, so that gravity doesn't keep pulling it down.

It's easy to get overused quickly when you're putting all that stress on your joints that striking with the heal causes. When I switched to striking with the outer, mid-foot, it took some getting used to. The bottom of my foot and calves got more sore, but I got relief in my ankles, knees and lower back. I haven't seen…

That's why I began by asking how he got injured. The injury appears to be running related. From my own experience, I began having leg pain when I used to strike with my heal, so I threw that out there. The "least likely source"? I don't think so.

The OP said that after starting running he "ended up with some significant leg pain" and that he's a "little paranoid of re-injuring" himself.

I'm asking the OP. I speak from personal experience. If the OP is still doing something wrong, form-wise, that caused him to get injured, he'll just get injured again.

There are also a lot of things you can try before throwing your money into the bottomless pit we call the healthcare industry.

Could be nerve damage. I'd say work around it until it heals. You may also want to take a magnesium and B vitamin supplement, or eat foods rich in those things.

Do plyos. Real plyos are ones where you drop from a platform and spring from the ground with the least amount of time in contact with the ground as possible. These only have to be done a couple times per week, and the sessions should be pretty short. You're not trying to wear yourself out, just develop quick twitch muscle…

I wonder how you got injured. Striking the ground with your heal puts a lot of stress on your joints. Striking mid- foot to front foot will have your calves absorb some of that impact.

I found the behind-the-back deadlift helped with my lower back pain.

I've had those crazy, walking up steps on all fours, doms when I first started weighted lunges. Those are my favorite. Kind of hard to feel like you aren't doing enough when you're in such pain.

All that being said, isolating body parts instead of doing compound movements could produce inequalities and imbalances that could lead to injury when trying to transition to power lifting. Power lifting is more functional. It does work your core at the same time. So, long as you don't round your back you should be fine.…

In terms of calories burned, I think it all adds up similarly to one prolonged session. Hypothetically speaking, if you could do all that back to back, you would probably be a more efficient endurance athlete, and thus use less calories to do the same workouts.

Swimming is good. Dancing or aerobics are too. You could try an altitude mask or an O2 trainer to help strengthen your respiratory system.

Doubt you could have done all that back to back without breaks.

That's not bad.

I'm not sure if you're ready to do this workout, so proceed with caution. While standing, place your feet side by side with only a little space between them. Twist at you hips from left to right. You should be able to feel it in your ankles. Start slow and don't overdo it. You can advance to doing that while lifting one…