How To Recover From Shin Splints
Have you recently gained weight or or are a little heavier than you used to be and are suffering from shin splints?
Well, honestly, the reason I can sympathize with you is because when I was doing cross country running I had shin splints. I was pounding the pavement so much that it took me four years to get rid of these shin splints. You basically need to stop running. Taking a couple of days off, just isn't going to be enough to really heal up these little micro tears and micro traumas. Because they take a pounding and they are basically ripped to shreds right now, you are going to need a lot more than 3 weeks to come back. So basically no running.
You should not do anything with impact like that. Weight training would be perfect. No impact. You need to step up the weight training basically and you can do weight training in kind of the circuit fashion. Not like these ones where you are just going for time and you flail around like an idiot for 30 seconds and accomplish nothing. You want to do actual circuit training where you are doing challenging weight training for 6 to 8 to 10 reps. Once you have finished the good challenging set, go right into the next challenging set. Go from a set of 8 to 10 reps on bench press where you are pushing yourself pretty good, right into a set of squats. From there go right into a set for back and then a set for hamstrings and you kind of go back and forth.
You will crank up your metabolism way more than you will with your straight cardio and you will get your muscle back. This will help you burn more calories all day long. Just let your shin splints heal up on their own. They will heal up on their own, but you are going to have to back off on the running. Coming from somebody who has had them, I know what you are going through. It feels like every time you take a step, someone is driving a nail into your shins and it's tough to fight through.
It is going to take a while to get rid of them and just straight up rest is going to do it for you. Switching over to weight training and low impact, is perfect. Even if you want to do something like stationary bike, there is no impact. You might still feel your shin splints a bit. For me I would recommend just completely going over to weight training and doing a cardio based kind of weight training circuit program. Something that challenges your cardio while building the muscle, and it is going to get you the best results.
Give it a shot. I'm sure you'll probably stick with this kind of training even after your shin splints go away!
Well, honestly, the reason I can sympathize with you is because when I was doing cross country running I had shin splints. I was pounding the pavement so much that it took me four years to get rid of these shin splints. You basically need to stop running. Taking a couple of days off, just isn't going to be enough to really heal up these little micro tears and micro traumas. Because they take a pounding and they are basically ripped to shreds right now, you are going to need a lot more than 3 weeks to come back. So basically no running.
You should not do anything with impact like that. Weight training would be perfect. No impact. You need to step up the weight training basically and you can do weight training in kind of the circuit fashion. Not like these ones where you are just going for time and you flail around like an idiot for 30 seconds and accomplish nothing. You want to do actual circuit training where you are doing challenging weight training for 6 to 8 to 10 reps. Once you have finished the good challenging set, go right into the next challenging set. Go from a set of 8 to 10 reps on bench press where you are pushing yourself pretty good, right into a set of squats. From there go right into a set for back and then a set for hamstrings and you kind of go back and forth.
You will crank up your metabolism way more than you will with your straight cardio and you will get your muscle back. This will help you burn more calories all day long. Just let your shin splints heal up on their own. They will heal up on their own, but you are going to have to back off on the running. Coming from somebody who has had them, I know what you are going through. It feels like every time you take a step, someone is driving a nail into your shins and it's tough to fight through.
It is going to take a while to get rid of them and just straight up rest is going to do it for you. Switching over to weight training and low impact, is perfect. Even if you want to do something like stationary bike, there is no impact. You might still feel your shin splints a bit. For me I would recommend just completely going over to weight training and doing a cardio based kind of weight training circuit program. Something that challenges your cardio while building the muscle, and it is going to get you the best results.
Give it a shot. I'm sure you'll probably stick with this kind of training even after your shin splints go away!
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