What's the longest you have gone without training?
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drhodes posted 2 years ago.
I went 12 days without training. I crashed on a descent down a mountain near where I live. I broke my ribs, punctured my lung and had to have a chest tube inserted to reinflate it. This happened on Feb 25th of this year. I started riding again 6 days after the accident. I did my first run yesterday. The run was pretty painful due to the ribs.
I had my wisdom teeth out and trained just a few days later. I think your Doctor is being way too cautious. The biggest problem you can get from wisdom teet is dry socket and training will not cause that.
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
You can always do some light activity, Like walking or some light strength training after a couple of days and slowly do more. :D
Nothing to it, but to do it
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lkkowski posted 2 years ago.
I had breast reduction surgery on November 28th. I wasn't able to train at all for 3 months. I just started back a couple of weeks ago. The doctor told me I would be able to start swimming and bikeing within 7 to 10 days. He was miserably wrong. Although maybe other gals are less wimpy then me.
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RV posted 2 years ago.
I went 4 days last week - I was doing a system startup at a customer site and was working 16 hours straight - couple days it was 18, so was only getting 6-8 hours off between shifts to commute, eat and sleep. Home this week, and been doing extra workouts catching up a bit.
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bluebirdbiker posted 2 years ago.
I went a week and suffered big time! Like Beads and drhodes say, you can do light stuff and stay low impact but most important, listen to the body.
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vmarwin posted 2 years ago.
The first 14 years of my life.
If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
vmarwin wrote:
The first 14 years of my life.
Good that you are getting into it while you are still in your 20's. It is easier to undo any damage.
I was really active thru college and then it dropped off quite a bit in my late 20's. Fortunately my metabolism was still pretty good.
I thought I was indestructable. I tore my ACL when I was 27 and It went down hill from there for several years.
About 3 years ago I got back into running and I have taken very little time off. Born again as a health and fitness nut. :D
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bluebirdbiker posted 2 years ago.
beads1985 wrote:
........About 3 years ago I got back into running and I have taken very little time off. Born again as a health and fitness nut.
I believe the "health and fitness" part is the born again section though. :D
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
bluebirdbiker wrote:
I believe the "health and fitness" part is the born again section though. :D
Of course just the 'health and fitness' part!!
I am still goofy,and sometimes a little naughty otherwise. :D
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firegirl posted 2 years ago.
lkkowski: you are not a wimp. your doctor is either really aggressive or has never ridden a bike or swam. breast surgery is incredibly painful for many women. just take it easy and do what you can. eventually you will be back kicking butt again.
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ggalvao posted 2 years ago.
This week I've rest 1 day for each 2 days of training... I hate when I rest too much during the week...
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christri25 posted 2 years ago.
i waited about 4 days after i had my wisdom teeth removed ... just be careful and its better to swim, or cycle ... you dont want to cause your new holes to start bleeding.
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rcortesi posted 2 years ago.
Try going to sea for a month or so. Nothing but pushups, pullups (and I suck at those), a really abused/rickity stairmaster, and not much sleep.
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themutt posted 2 years ago.
In October of 1993 I took a header off the mountain bike. My first clear memory was a few days after Thanksgiving (November). After some hard work to regain some cognitive skills lost in the sauce(mystery of the brain) I could focus, speak clearly and walk in a straight line. A year out of work sort of put sport injury, disability and training in to perspective.
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
I wasout for the first 2 days after my wisdom teeth were pulled. I mean, I dont remember those two days at all. Then another 2 days before I was able to stumbl my way to track practice. The fifth day I was running intervals.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
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adamant8 posted 2 years ago.
I lost a month is December/January because of a hernia I got snowboarding and the resulting surgery, though once I had the surgery anything I did felt like a huge workout for the first week.
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wrobis1 posted 2 years ago.
I had surgery and was off the bike for 6 weeks and no running or swimming for 3. It sucked not being able to do anything and was incredibly frustrating, but I never appreciated being able to ride more than after I was able to get back on the bike. The renewed energy was almost worth any physical ability lost.
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Anton posted 2 years ago.
I took 10 years off once...to raise a daughter. Oh, I still got out to run maybe twice a week and rode the bike once in awhile...did alot of pullups in the basement...
When she was grown and gone...It only took a year or so to come back.
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iwanttotri posted 2 years ago.
It has been 5 years for me, and it is miserable but I have chronic shin splints. I wish I could say that I just took 7-10 days off, your're pretty lucky. :)
I had my wisdom teeth taken out on Monday evening, and the last thing that I did before going to the dentist was get a work out in. Now I have been able to do nothing for the last three and a half days and it is driving me crazy. The doctor says that to be safe I can't do any training for 7-10 days. What have other people had to go through in a similar vain and how did you deal with the constant guilt of not being able to be doing anything?