I am a gymnast, and have been my entire life. I had an injury earlier this year that put me out of practice for a couple months and when I went back into training again, it was obviously very difficult. I spent the summer training, running, trying to get my endurance back up again, but nothing seemed to be working. I thought that maybe I was just not working hard enough and needed to practice more. Now it's November and it's been around half a year that I've been going to practice 24+ hours a week as well as doing other stuff. I am extremely tired everyday and don't really understand how.
For example - the hardest pass in my floor routine last year, a round-off, whip, 2 1/2 layout twist is now out of my routine because i don't have enough energy to do it. The "easiest" pass in my floor routing last december was a round-off, back handspring, layout 2 1/2 twist (yes this is very different) and I had no problem doing it at the end of my routine last year. Now it's my hardest pass.
2007-11-12 14:42:15 · 6 answers · asked by all4gym08 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I have no idea what can be wrong. I've had injuries before, but I've always been able to get back to where I left off (so to speak) in a reasonable amount of time. I just always feel tired and out of breath. I also feel as if there's a weight that's constantly on my heart. Please answer if you have any idea on what I should do!
Some of my friends have said that it's stress, but I've been more stressed than before than I am now so I don't think that's it...
2007-11-12 14:45:47 · update #1
Your over doing it trying to get back where you were, thats why you are so tired. There was no pace there. Your body is saying WHAT THE HECK, while your mind is trying to push your body to get back quickly what you missed. Pace yourself. The mind and the body work hand in hand. Listen to both.
2007-11-12 14:46:28 · answer #1 · answered by hbuckmeister 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey, you are working your little butt off and you don't understand why you are extremely tired? You sound like you are burned out, you may have pushed your body too far.
I think you need to take a nice rest and relax for a while, enjoy your life and do something other than gymnastics for a little while before you really harm your health permanently.
Get a full work up in a physical exam, have them check your thyroid too.
2007-11-12 22:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you were out for months you have to work your body back up to the level you were at before.
2007-11-12 22:45:41 · answer #3 · answered by lovely_lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body just has to get use to you training much harder after all of that time not doing much physical activity. Everything should go back to normal in a little while. Check out my question and please give me any suggestions that you may have. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0IMSHE2MM
2007-11-12 23:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by Tumbling Lover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you're having breathing problems you should talk to your doctor. one of the fastest girls on my volleyball team started having trouble breathing and now she uses an inhaler which has helped.
2007-11-12 22:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by abbbage 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you need steroids.
2007-11-12 22:45:28 · answer #6 · answered by RyanGP 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋