I have recently started using my exercise bike again after a long lay-off, however even after doing some stretches, I seem to be pulling/straining my calf muscles in the back of both legs.
This used to happen to me when I used the bike last year and would result in me waking up in the dead of the night with some terrible pain in the lower leg/calf area and trying to hop around like a mad man to stop the pain!
This is starting to really bother me now as I love using the bike, but knowing this will happen every week or so is putting me off from using it.
I have had this problem before in varying degrees of painfullness, sometimes taking from a day or 2 to heal and sometimes taking more than a week.
I need some advice on what I can do to stop this from happening. At the moment I'm not sure perhaps if I am not warmping up/down properly, or if I am over-doing it, or if it is down to bad posture while on the bike.
My usual routine is about 45 mins-1 hour, for 5-6 nights per week. I do incorporate HIIT into this with 90 seconds high intensity then 2 minutes normal intensity after doing a 15 minute warmup.
Any help/advice is appreciated
This used to happen to me when I used the bike last year and would result in me waking up in the dead of the night with some terrible pain in the lower leg/calf area and trying to hop around like a mad man to stop the pain!
This is starting to really bother me now as I love using the bike, but knowing this will happen every week or so is putting me off from using it.
I have had this problem before in varying degrees of painfullness, sometimes taking from a day or 2 to heal and sometimes taking more than a week.
I need some advice on what I can do to stop this from happening. At the moment I'm not sure perhaps if I am not warmping up/down properly, or if I am over-doing it, or if it is down to bad posture while on the bike.
My usual routine is about 45 mins-1 hour, for 5-6 nights per week. I do incorporate HIIT into this with 90 seconds high intensity then 2 minutes normal intensity after doing a 15 minute warmup.
Any help/advice is appreciated
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