[davan]

davan on August 6, 2006 at 10:16 pm #12088

Mike/JJ/Phoenix/KT/UT/everyone:
Do you guys work through soreness in early GPP? When I say early I mean the first 1-2 weeks (3 maximum). I have taken a bit of time off and I was lifting low low volumes in the summer and I know I will most definitely have soreness when I start back up again, even if I use very light weights. Would it be okay for this brief time period to just work through the soreness as best I can or should I just take more time off between workouts and wait until I can tolerate the work load without any residual soreness by the time the next workout comes?

[utfootball4]

utfootball4 on August 7, 2006 at 12:24 am #55831

Mike/JJ/Phoenix/KT/UT/everyone:
Do you guys work through soreness in early GPP? When I say early I mean the first 1-2 weeks (3 maximum). I have taken a bit of time off and I was lifting low low volumes in the summer and I know I will most definitely have soreness when I start back up again, even if I use very light weights. Would it be okay for this brief time period to just work through the soreness as best I can or should I just take more time off between workouts and wait until I can tolerate the work load without any residual soreness by the time the next workout comes?

work through it, bc after all its only gpp and no major speed work is done in does early weeks.

[pzale8018]

pzale8018 on August 7, 2006 at 7:03 am #55832

definitely work through soreness.  During the first few weeks, your body is adapting to the new stress you are putting on it.  Some soreness means you're doing something right.  And UT's right, you're not doing any real technical work during the first couple weeks of gpp anyway.

Now, I say SOME soreness.  Make sure you're keeping a clear distinction between soreness and injury.  I've seen athletes get hurt really early in the year and just call it being sore and keep working.  Those kinds of things come back to bite you in the butt later in the season.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on August 15, 2006 at 7:25 am #55833

I definitely work through it. In fact that is the only time of the year where I might intentionally organize training to induce some soreness. I don't do it excessively or fore more than 1-2 weeks but I think it has some psychological (as well as obvious physical adaptation) benefits…it gives athletes the sense that they are really working hard and it gives them a reference point for the discomfort of future work.

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