I've been wondering about this for a while myself. I run every other day, but I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to get a mile or two in on my off-days, to keep the legs loose. I could do it before or after my strength-training. Might give it a try later on today . . . thanks for mentioning it.Who will admit to doing it? I want to but I'm scared.
It's not un-usual to get over-enthusiastic when beggining BFR so be careful.,,
Is that what the question was about? Running consecutive days or every day while getting used to BFR? To that I'd answer a pretty definite no.[/quote]
Not sure, there is not much info in th OP I was just assuming.
Please forgive me!
But I am with you on this one.
Hey Zetti, can I ask what sort of distances you were running? I've been having mild ITB issues, and doing faster paced fartleks and/or intervals seems to help. I was back up to 6-7 miles by the end of December, then I got sick, and now I'm building back up again. I was wondering what would happen if I ran just a mile or so in between my regular runs. From your experience it would seem like this would just antagonize my ITB, but I've also noticed it comes back when I take more than a few days off, so the logic might be running more frequently in my case. I dunno. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate hearing them.Yeah...I started running consecutive days and felt fine, until my IT band started acting up.
I would say pay very close attention to any pain you are feeling so that you can catch anything before it really develops.
......and if you do start running consecutive days make sure you don't get too "enthusiastic" with your pace at first...your body has to rest sometime.
The 'just run' approach in its purest expression!It all depends on how my body feels and how much energy I have.
There are weeks that I run everyday with a weekend day off.
There are weeks that I keep it every other day and there are those weeks that I run twice a day.
And there are days that I am just plain lazy and take a week OR two off. .
Hey Zetti, can I ask what sort of distances you were running? I've been having mild ITB issues, and doing faster paced fartleks and/or intervals seems to help. I was back up to 6-7 miles by the end of December, then I got sick, and now I'm building back up again. I was wondering what would happen if I ran just a mile or so in between my regular runs. From your experience it would seem like this would just antagonize my ITB, but I've also noticed it comes back when I take more than a few days off, so the logic might be running more frequently in my case. I dunno. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate hearing them
Yah, I've looked into that stuff, and have been doing squats again and "dynamic stretching." a.k.a. mobility exercises (I substitute ankle weights for the elastic bands), and I think it helps, in addition to running faster-paced fartleks.Right when I crested 28 mi/wk i started having issues....never had any IT band issues before.
the ITBS fellowship in the nutrition and health section has a wealth of advice.
here is what worked for me...
A combination of rolling 2 or 3 times a day (morning, pre run, post run, or pre sleep)
and strength work has done wonders!
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These basic exercises with bodylastic resistance bands (nice because you can change them out for more or less resistance when needed)
Just keeping off it and swimming/cross training was not enough....my first day back after over a months rest I had to stop after the first mile because of the pain.
I even had a hard time walking until I started doing this strength training combined with rolling. Rolling helped the symptoms and strength training helped solve the root problem.