Cross-training can make you better at your sport.
Hi! I’m Janice – a CANADIAN mom of 3 little princesses (6, 4 & 1) who loves running, strong coffee, & beer.
Cross-training can make you better at your sport.
What? Are you kidding me? Injuries make you better?
Cross-training can make you better at your sport.
I read a title similar to this in the May issue of Runner’s World and it really got me thinking about my plantar fascitis from a very different perspective. You know what? The author is right. Besides learning how to treat my various injuries, I’m learning different ways to train. With each injury I training differently, often resorting to cross-training. Cycling at the gym and swimming laps to maintain a minimal fitness level while I wait for the injury du jour to heal.
Through my running “career” I’ve faced several injuries: Stress fractures, IT band friction syndome, over-training, muscle strains, bruised toenails and arch blisters. Each one has indeed taught me something. My stress fractures have taught me to ease into a training program and my bruised toenails have taught me that when training for a marathon I need to buy shoes a half size too big.
Thanks to the article, I’ve now begun to change my thinking from despair and disappointment that I may not run this half-marathon, to thoughts of “how can I train better next time?” “how can I avoid this in the future?” and “how can I maintain my fitness level while waiting this out?”.
Here’s what I’ve come up with:
So the next time you get injured, or asomething sets you back from your goals, try thinking about it from a different perspective – consider what you can learn from it and how it can make you better.
Happy training!
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Cross-training can make you better at your sport.
I’m Janice – a proud CANADIAN mom of 3 little princesses ages 6, 5 & 1. I work full-time and I love running, strong coffee, beer, and playing softball - in that order.
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Good point. I learned the half a shoe size trick last year. It”s made a huge difference. I’m terrible at apres run stretches, but did my first hot yoga class today. Thinking of incorporating an hour a week from now on. Wishing you a quick recovery!
so any tips for someone with a total knee replacement, I have had 2 of them in the same knee a year apart (the doctor messed the first one up by putting a knee in that was the wrong size and it got really infected) I have had so much trouble exercising since any tips would be greatly welcomed, thanks
Ouch – hmmmm maybe pool running for lower body exercise & upper body weights?