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I took some time off
from training and now
I’m cramping up badly.
What am I doing wrong?
—EUGENE W., DAYTON, OH
A:
CHANCES ARE you’re going
too intense too soon. It’s a
common problem. We don’t
train, and then we try to go back to
training at the same intensity or volume as
before, and we get cramped up. Try
starting out with 50% or 60% of
where you left off and you probably
won’t cramp up as much.
—MICHAEL GEREMIA
DON’T FRET
Geremia recommends
to “start light, check
your ego at the door,
and listen to your body.
Everyone will return
to ‘normal’ at a
different rate.”
I get blisters on my
feet when I run more
than a few miles.
How do I prevent this?
STEVE H., TUCSON, AZ
A:
GET NEW, DIFFERENT, OR
better accommodating footwear
(a snug shoe), because blister
formation occurs if there’s too much friction
between the skin and some external source.
A cheap, quick fix, however, is to put a
bandage or Band-Aid over the affected area
to minimize the rubbing and friction. But
again, if there’s going to be trauma, you’re
going to cause a blister and there’s kind of
no way around that.
DAVID BANK, M.D., is an assistant
clinical professor of dermatology at
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
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