Anyone who took a break from training during the holidays or did less exercise during the pandemic is not alone.
But after a long hiatus, don’t expect to be able to move at the same level as you once did.
“I think there have been many reasons as the pandemic progressed, whether it be a fear of being in public places or a potential concern of not knowing if they have COVID and not wanting to get involved in long-term complications.” Those were some of the reasons, but honestly there were the same old reasons, which is ‘Well I just got a little bit of a lack of discipline and other things came up and I was too busy and now it’s been a while since I’ve trained’ “said Dr. John Christoforetti, orthopedist and sports medicine specialist, of Texas Health Allen and Texas Health Orthopedic Specialists, a practice in the Texas Health Physicians Group.
His first tip is to see your GP before getting fit again.
“Family doctors definitely have a good list of questions and some good screening tests to do to make sure we’re perfectly physically able to get back into the training arena and get started,” said Christoforetti.
Another tip is to determine your basic fitness level. Basic tests can help you measure your current fitness level: climbing stairs, plank position and body weight.
Finally, he says, first consider why you lost your way.
“If it is due to some other injury or illness, residual effects of those injuries or illnesses may remain that ask us exactly the right way to get into an abnormal or hyperfit state.” “Said Christoforetti. “If it was really just more life and discipline and things that prevented this exercise, we could expect our bodies to be in a healthier position to begin with without much more testing.”
