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Take care of your ..........

Feet! Keep an eye on how your shoes wear. Ask someone(like a good personal trainer or physical therapist) to look at your Achilles to make sure it runs vertically up your leg. All of this will give you a clue as to whether or not you have a proper heal strike. If you have questions ASK someone. If you develop problems with your feet, which is a very common thing, it's going to screw up the entire kinetic chain.

Brace or "draw in" !

The question often arises should one brace or "draw in" the abdominal area. Well from what I've read and if you take Dr. Stuart McGill advise (one of the most respected researchers in spinal care), you would brace. The area with bracing is that there is greater core muscular activation then with the "drawing in" maneuver. Bracing simply feels like your readying yourself to be punched in the stomach. It's quite simple and you don't have to put in a lot of effort, just pretend a small child is going to jump in your arms or punch you in the stomach, it takes just that much effort.

Do you "draw in" or "brace"?

Sometimes!

You just overlook things. About 5 weeks ago I realized I was overtrained. I took a week off then got sick, then got worse (fever of 100.8). So after 3 weeks off I started training again, a little weaker but happy to feeling normal again. Remember when you eat, sleep and manage your stress right, no matter your age you should have the energy to get your workday done!

Rationale

If your a new reader of this blog or my "Training the Older Athlete" blog, you might think these are just my training journals. But in reality I'm trying to teach the reader that most obstacles and injuries can be over come with proper planning. As Ford and Chevy race in NASCAR, some trainers like myself look to training athletes to learn about training your average client. Thing like periodization, intensity, volume and frequency of training all come into play when training ANYBODY. So please read the old blogs if you have the time or feel free to contact me at wnt2trn@att.net.

Discovery

I'm overtrained :(  I've only been working out the last two weeks twice a week a before that I took a whole week off from working out but I'm playing more volleyball now and I started playing doubles. My workout looks like this: Smr, AT, core, then skips, jump rope(50 seconds), box jumps 22" x 6)3. Then on Monday I follow all of that with Snatches, back squats, low incline BP and last bent rows. Wednesdays have been the same but obviously different lifts. Clean & Jerk, front squat and last pullups. I'm going to drop the squats for the next two weeks(the second is an unload week), then after that only squat on Monday. I'll see how this goes and get back to you. I don't like to use this as an excuse but I am 51.