[enyca]

enyca on April 23, 2004 at 7:15 pm #9155

Hi, I'd appreciate any advice if anyone has been in a similar situation to this or if any coach has had athletes in this situation…

My training has been goin well for the past few months (TJ with some LJ) and I am very fit and in quite good shape and looking forward to the outdoor season.

Unfortunately I was hit by a rather nasty cold bug about a week ago so i've been off training for a week now and probably won't be back till two days time. When I amd recovered, do I continue as normal with my training schedule (I compete in 2 weeks in a British league meet) or should I do anything different for the first week or so.

Will the week and a half off training affect me adversly if I was pretty fit in the first place? Thanks

[ws100]

ws100 on April 23, 2004 at 7:17 pm #27366

It will deffinately affect you if you do long distance. If you do shorter distance I think it will be easier for you to recover from your rest.

[jumpscoachmike]

jumpscoachmike on April 23, 2004 at 7:23 pm #27367

If you had a solid strength/conditioning base to begin with prior to the injury, I think you'll be fine upon your return to training. You may want to ease back into things the first couple days back, but after that I would continue as you were and expect no adverse effects.

Good luck to you.

[enyca]

enyca on April 23, 2004 at 7:52 pm #27368

Thanks very much guys, just for clarification, I have a short approch session (TJ) with full approaches (no jump) and some light plyo drills on sunday and its my first day back. Will it be OK if I do that?

[enyca]

enyca on April 23, 2004 at 7:57 pm #27369

Another quick question. Will I be able to do the same lifts as I did a week ago or will I experience some regression in that department. At the moment, I am doing power cleans, squats and bench press as core exercises in the gym. Once again, my strength and power were pretty good before I got ill, cheers guys

[jumpscoachmike]

jumpscoachmike on April 23, 2004 at 8:47 pm #27370

As far as the plyos go on your first day back, I would limit the volume of the work. Short approach work should be fine and also limit volume of your full approach work (this is max sprint training essentially for a jumper).

I would perform a weight circuit my first day back…just to work the kinks out. You could do bodyweight exercises, some core strength exercises (med balls if you have access), and other various auxiliary lifts.

By the middle of the first week back, I'd hit the squats, cleans, and presses and start rolling again.

Peace.

[enyca]

enyca on April 23, 2004 at 9:46 pm #27371

Thanks very much Mike, yeah I do have access to med balls, sounds like a good idea. Cheers for the advice, I'll keep you guys posted on how my competitions go in the next couple of weeks.

[jumpscoachmike]

jumpscoachmike on April 23, 2004 at 9:51 pm #27372

Great enyca…keep me updated.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on April 24, 2004 at 9:45 am #27373

I've noticed that some athletes actually come back from illness much better than prior to getting sick. I'm sure it's partly due to the increased immune response as well as the forced rest.

ELITETRACK Founder

[enyca]

enyca on April 24, 2004 at 5:11 pm #27374

Yes I think I would actually agree there Mike, I was ill just once before back in niovember for a week and I thought I would lose all the base training I had done in sept/oct but it seems I came back stronger than before I was still more than able to compete in sprint sessions etc.

Strangley enough, the same happens with me after injury, when i have a few weeks off with little training other than circuits and maybe drills if I can, I often come outnwith a personal best. I think It may just be how my body works though.

[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on April 24, 2004 at 9:10 pm #27375

when sick space out the calories to minimize the Glycemic load…this will allow the body to use it's energy to fight the illness and not fighting the monster meal!

[enyca]

enyca on April 25, 2004 at 1:11 am #27376

Thanks Phoenix. So the idea is to have the same anmount of calories but space them out during the day? I'm one of those people who finds it hard to eat when I'm ill, so I take simple foods like toast and cereal just to keep my energy up.