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TRAINING / RACING<br />
Flavia Oliveira hooks up to the Compex for<br />
a workout. Photo : Courtesy Flavia Oliveira<br />
Getting back in the<br />
saddle with Compex<br />
BY Flavia Oliveira<br />
O<br />
ops, I did it again! Yeah, I know<br />
I sound like Britney Spears,<br />
but I broke my clavicle for the<br />
second time while racing in El<br />
Salvador last March. (I also<br />
suffered the same injury during the Mt.<br />
Hamilton Classic road race in May 2011.)<br />
Needless to say, that brought my racing/<br />
training to a halt. During my recovery<br />
time, I relied heavily on my Compex to<br />
not lose too much fitness; I also use the<br />
same programs during my off-season<br />
training (Strength program on my legs<br />
with a different muscle group each day<br />
before getting on the trainer or riding,<br />
and Active Recovery program after my<br />
rides).<br />
Using Compex while recovering from<br />
injury helped me maintain muscle tone<br />
and strength. When I was able to get back<br />
full-force into training, I continued to use<br />
the same Compex programs, reducing<br />
the Strength program to just 2-3 times<br />
a week but consistently using the Active<br />
Recovery program.<br />
With very little training time, I went<br />
back to my trade team in Europe (UCI<br />
Colavita Forno D’Asolo) into full race<br />
mode with the plate in my clavicle. I<br />
still had limitations, but I needed to<br />
race myself back into shape to prepare<br />
for the summer months when we have<br />
the biggest tours, including the Giro de<br />
Italia Donne. I started to feel much better<br />
due to the Compex Strength programs I<br />
used during my recovery period as well<br />
as during off-season. I also used the<br />
Pre-warmup program, especially during<br />
the long transfers from stage to stage.<br />
Sometimes we don’t have enough time for<br />
all riders to get massages by the time we<br />
arrive at the next destination, so Compex<br />
is one of the biggest assets I have while I<br />
am on the road and traveling by plane. It<br />
is my best buddy!<br />
I finished 12th overall after a rough<br />
start of the nine-day La Route de France<br />
femme, in which I crashed during the<br />
prologue due to some bent/broken rims<br />
- continued on page 33<br />
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