Roadwork - shins/achilles seizing up

[JJC]

I'm training for my first fight in December.

However, whenever I do roadwork I get pain in my shins/achilles the next day, which hinders my other training. It's really bad and I can't just "harden up" and ignore it. I wish I could.

Does anyone else have this problem, or does anyone have any advice?

Running is key for fitness/endurance and losing the weight I need to shed.

Are there other exercises that can substitute running?

[dan_cov]

Rest!

Apply ice & go swimming, cycle etc
Roadwork is heavy on your joints & ****, people need to realise your body not only needs nutrients & such but also rest.

Apparently Taurine helps a lot with shin splints.

[dan_cov]

You don't have to run everyday, swimming, cycling and such forms of cardio are just as good, if not better and they put less stress on your joints.

[Cardinal Buck]

I'm training for my first fight in December.

However, whenever I do roadwork I get pain in my shins/achilles the next day, which hinders my other training. It's really bad and I can't just "harden up" and ignore it. I wish I could.

Does anyone else have this problem, or does anyone have any advice?

Running is key for fitness/endurance and losing the weight I need to shed.

Are there other exercises that can substitute running?

I'm not really a fan of road work. Run on the beach. Run sprints on a track. Swim. Use an elliptical or stationary bike. From my experience, that stuff isn't nearly as hard on the joints as long distance running on a hard surface and, in my opinion, is better conditioning if done right. Sprinting does put you at risk for pulled tendons and that sort of thing though, but not so much the chronic inflammation.

[johncods]

I had the same exact problem when I 1st started running. It`s normal. Just keep at it. Take days off when the pain is so severe but trust me you will get used to it. You will eventually develop the endurance for it if you keep running.

[Sugarj]

I'm training for my first fight in December.

However, whenever I do roadwork I get pain in my shins/achilles the next day, which hinders my other training. It's really bad and I can't just "harden up" and ignore it. I wish I could.

Does anyone else have this problem, or does anyone have any advice?

Running is key for fitness/endurance and losing the weight I need to shed.

Are there other exercises that can substitute running?

Its really unlucky that you have pain in your shins as well as your achilles. Would I be right in saying that you fight in one of the heavier divisions (super middleweight upwards)?

I'm a keen runner and have had achilles tendonitis in the past. The trick with that one is to take up eccentric loading excercises which lengthen the achilles. Try googling it, or You Tubing for demonstrations.

When it was at its worst I had to stop running and take up the exercise bike.......which was great for fitness and didn't bother the problem at all. As has already been said, swimming is an excellent exercise without any impact risk.

[JJC]

Thanks for all of the responses guys. It's been helpful.

I might try alternating running with stationary bike and hill sprints. It does seem to be the long distances that causes pain.

It's my first fight and I'm hovering around super middleweight at the moment. Trying to get down to middleweight.

[Dickie Smalls]

I used to have the same kind of pain in my shins and sometimes even knees all because my shoes didn't give me good foot alignment. It pays to go see a foot specialist before you buy shoes. Good fitting shoes can make long runs enjoyable, bad fitting shoes don't just hurt your feet.

[Pony Boy]

It sounds like shin splints. Are you doing lower body plyometrics? Are you warming up and stretching? If you're only noticing the pain when running maybe you're not landing on the balls of your feet. A lot of people have lower leg pain because they land on their toes, heels or flat footed. Rec good pair of running shoes, warmup, stretching, icing area and message.

[T.Horton]

something that many people forget which cause shin splints to act up is to tie up your laces to the top islets (holes). that almost always fixes the problem for me./