Clampit Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Hi everyone,I'm nick and have been a British paratrooper for about 20 years. I have had a varied fitness life completing ultra marathons to gym based sessions. I love anything that challenges me physically and while serving in the military I have studied and educated my self completing personal training courses, posture alignment and even sports psychology. I have been suffering from a long term injury that has stopped me running so I am looking at changing my session to strengthen my legs and whole body to help improve my injury and eventually get back to be 100% fitness. I have been looking recently at crossfit and some of my work friends say its the best training session I can do. I am new to this but after researching it I am looking forward to being able to beast my body without causing more irritation to my injury. My wife also is now looking to join me in this fitness session.I have also just read Steve's article on the PALEO diet. It was fantastic so I am now ready to change my whole aspect of fitness and change my lifestyle.Before I finish (long introduction?) I wish every one luck towards their goals and if I can help in anyway please get in touch.Nick Link to comment
spoonymog Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Hi and welcome. I wish you luck with your new outlook on fitness. Have you looked into the 6 week challenge? It starts tomorrow! My Acountibilbuddies: District 12 ~~~ My Current Challenge: May the odds ever be in your favor Level 1 aspiring Adventurer. Link to comment
Timmy M Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 WELCOME! always good to get new brits but i reckon you're our first serviceperson what sort of injury have you got? Link to comment
liamwenham Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Welcome, great to meet a service member, especially a Brit! Best of luck with your fitness change mate, from the bottom of my heart! Link to comment
Clampit Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks guys. I have looked at then 6 week challenge but at the moment I'm concentrating on crossfit. It's new to me and the complex moves are taking its toll on my body.The injury I have is tight calves and I am struggling to get them to stretch. For this reason I keep tearing them even doing short distances of 4 miles. To be fair I have started to use crossfit mobility exercises and for once in two years I was pain free. It's now a long road to recovery and to get these bad boys stretched the best I can. Link to comment
UltanBoyd Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Morning Soldier! Have you tried foam rollering or if it's that bad having a sports massage? I don't know if it's the same sort of pain but it alleviates tightness in my quads and calfs when I actually use them for something other than spinning an office chair. Some info on foam rollering here: http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/finder/lookup/filter/equipment/id/14/equipment/foam-roll Level 2 Half-Sidhe Archer (Toolkitted Ranger) |Str 3|Dex 3|Sta 2|Con 3|Wis 2|Cha 1| Introduction: Roll your own adventure! DBL: Aim to Misbehave! Challenge 1, 2, Browncoats 1, 2 Link to comment
Clampit Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Yes buddy used foam rollers but has not really worked. Just bought a new foam roller to see if a different type may work. Thanks for your help. Link to comment
Timmy M Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 http://www.mobilitywod.com/ Link to comment
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