legs were SO sore today, been working them every day for the last week or two. Today I ran a half mile in 4 minutes and then started doing the frankenstein walk, it's my calves, not my quads/hams. Taking a day off and rolling the old legs out, then back at it

No exercise today. About 3 miles of bike riding to the nearest beach / work.

I only work 1 job tomorrow and that starts at 3 pm EST, going to try and put my legs to the test and hopefully get in the water!

Who tf runs 1.5m lol
Also, you're talking about recovery...do you stretch every day? Do you also use a muscle roller?

hahaha, it was the distance of the long way to the beach from me!!!

I need to stretch more. I have a muscle roller but rarely use it!

Thank you for the input, I will use the roller everyday

Stretch every day as well.
As someone who has put in almost 700KM year to date, trust me when I say it makes a huge difference in recovery.

Priority: Stretch every day.
Muscle roller every 1-3 days/whenever you feel you need it.

I'm brain washed from sports that you should never stretch cold and always stretch after a light jog / warm up.

Does this reign true? or if I'm sitting at my desk for 2 hours, it's okay to get up a stretch

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This post was edited by jevans203 on Jun 30 2018 04:19pm

Not before exercise. Afterwards is optimal.

Yes, it's okay to stretch if you are inactive and not about to start doing some exercise.

Sometimes when I am increasing running volume I have to stretch twice, once after the run I did that day and another time in the evening/night.
This usually remedies any tightness, and is equally a preventative measure towards muscle fatigue and injuries.

Ultimately you go by what your body is telling you:
Are you feeling tighter than usual? Stretch and or Roller
Are your legs more fatigued/weaker than usual? Stretch and or Roller.

This post was edited by Darkblue on Jun 30 2018 05:42pm

Why wouldnt you stretch before?