Gym and running...

[Jess]

move if necessary...

This is really becoming a problem. When I run, my legs/ankles/feet hurt. More like...they get a bit sore. So...I can't run very well like I used to. The thing is, I didn't injure myself or anything, it's because I wasn't very active over the summer. also, after a "run", I get really exhausted easily. again, because I was not very active over the summer.

after playing tennis my teacher insists I jog back. Even jogging a little, I can feel the pain. and then when I get to the building (school), I'm even more exhausted, have to walk really slowly back to the locker rooms.

and then there's the issue with going up the stairs or up a hill. leaves me exhausted.

nearly everything we do in gym I can't do. I can't do pushups at all. I'm bad at throwing balls. I can't bounce the ball with my tennis racket like the teacher said.

and when we have swimming at the end of year...I doubt at my fitness level right now I could do even one lap. last year we did a little bit of swimming and doing any of the strokes...leaves me tired so I can't go on. and of course I'm bad at doing some of the strokes. and now this year my fitness is even worse.

What should I do? I am sick and tired of getting exhausted even after a little jog, sick of unable to run normally, sick of getting exhausted going to my bus stop (and I have to go up a little hill), sick of getting exhausted going up 4 flights of stairs (and I have to take a break every other flight)

[Donkey]

General Hospital -> Sports and Fitness

[Dimitri]

Personally i would take to your physician, if just doing the simplest of things is making you tired, exhausted then I think it might be more that you just beong out of shape. I mean, I haven't played soccer for two years now but I can still out sprint most poeple and sure, I get winded but I recover well enough.

It may be fatigue, it may be related to your diet, how much sleep your are getting, not doing anything over the summer is not going to drastically drop your performance. I mean, if you were a runner like myself, I could do 10 miles by the end of my junior year in high school and then I took the summer off, i could still do a 5 mile jog at the beginning of my senior year.

Honestly it sounds like you either need to egt your endurance raised back up or you have a possible medical condition that needs looked at.

How active did you used to be before that summer?

[Apollo.]

Maybe try a X-trainer(elliptical trainer to build up some stamina again they are very light on joints and stuff. Also try and not run as heavy I can't really explain it but a lot of people just pound the road when they run, you can make it easier on your joints by smoother and lighter motion then start just hitting the road when some resistance has built up

[HAWAiiAN 808]

if your legs and ankles are getting sore, it might be on how you run. I had this same thing happen because my doctor said i was flat footed and my arch was very low. So i would run barefoot and after a while of landing on the front of my foot, my arch started to get back a higher natural arch and i started running better. The problem with flat feet is that when you run, you tend to stick your foot out farther then you should, often landing on the back of your foot and it creates a big impact on all of your bones and tendons. Idk if this will help, but this is what helped cure my pain when i used to run a lot.

[Kaius]

Its simple, you're not used to it. You've said you weren't active over the summer that means you're pretty much out of practice. You've also got to remember when you increase your level of exercise you need to cater for that and start to change your diet. You don't need a doctor, you just need to start off slowly. You're gonna be achy and tired to begin with, as i said your body is out of practice. Start off with 15 minutes twice a day, then up it slowly. But remember you need to eat accordingly or you'll burn yourself out.