Hey all,
Just started back on the indoor track after a pretty tough XC season for me and my calves are killing me every workout (training for 800m). Everything else seems to be working well but half way through workouts my calves are tightening up and making the rest of the workout a pain.
Any suggestions on how to get them to loosen up a bit? I've tried massage, ice bath, hot tub and they help a bit, but ever workout they tighten back up.
Thanks
suck it up
I have a similar problem with my quads the first few times I open it up all the way every season. You didn't mention stretching, but I have to assume that if you're smart enough to do the other stuff you're stretching as well. Just keep up that regime and they should loosen up, it'll probably just take a week or so. The big thing is to not let it stop you from doing workouts until it gets to the point where it's affecting your form.
stop running on hard surfaces until the problem is resolved.
Try a different shoe if you haven't already.
I've the same problem- massage followed by hot bath followed by massage seems to ease it up(but doesn't get rid of it)