Do you have any tips for reoccurring shin splints? I used to NEVER get them but they've plagued me on and off for the last couple of summers. Talk about annooooying.
Good question. Make sure you warm up your lower leg with toe taps (both up & down and then side to side) and ankle circles as part of a dynamic stretching routine. Shin splints often result from too much increase in training load too quickly, so develop your consistency and frequency of running, the majority of which should be a relaxed sustainable pace on gentle, mostly flat terrain. Minimize downhill running and speed work until you have a good base of consistency free of shin pain. Then you can increase your volume, intensity & downhill running and also run more challenging terrain.
My recommendation although you should get coached through the first few and you need heavier kettlebells or dumbbells (heavier MAKES you have good technique so you can’t cheat your way through them): Turkish getups.
I recall Rob Krar said if he could only do one thing it would be getups. They’re complex, but fantastic all around core strength in a single exercise.
Do you have any tips for reoccurring shin splints? I used to NEVER get them but they've plagued me on and off for the last couple of summers. Talk about annooooying.
Good question. Make sure you warm up your lower leg with toe taps (both up & down and then side to side) and ankle circles as part of a dynamic stretching routine. Shin splints often result from too much increase in training load too quickly, so develop your consistency and frequency of running, the majority of which should be a relaxed sustainable pace on gentle, mostly flat terrain. Minimize downhill running and speed work until you have a good base of consistency free of shin pain. Then you can increase your volume, intensity & downhill running and also run more challenging terrain.
My recommendation although you should get coached through the first few and you need heavier kettlebells or dumbbells (heavier MAKES you have good technique so you can’t cheat your way through them): Turkish getups.
I recall Rob Krar said if he could only do one thing it would be getups. They’re complex, but fantastic all around core strength in a single exercise.