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Calves sore after skiing means ?
I'm curious if any armchair experts have a reason as to why my calves get sore the day after a full day of aggressive skiing
? Most people I know complain of their thighs getting sore but my thighs feel fine , it's my calves that I notice get the most sore . Does this mean I must be skiing improperly or using wrong techniques etc ? Or maybe when I'm exercising my legs I'm just not doing enough calf exercises . I'm happy with my abilities and can ski single and double diamonds pretty well . I'm not looking to change my entire skiing technique , just curious as to what it is i'm doing that is causing sore calves , or maybe this is fairly common ? thanx for any input . Ron |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
"Ron N.Y" wrote in message et... I'm curious if any armchair experts have a reason as to why my calves get sore the day after a full day of aggressive skiing ? Most people I know complain of their thighs getting sore but my thighs feel fine , it's my calves that I notice get the most sore . Does this mean I must be skiing improperly or using wrong techniques etc ? Or maybe when I'm exercising my legs I'm just not doing enough calf exercises . I'm happy with my abilities and can ski single and double diamonds pretty well . I'm not looking to change my entire skiing technique , just curious as to what it is i'm doing that is causing sore calves , or maybe this is fairly common ? thanx for any input . Ron You're leaning back. Bend your ankles. |
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"Ron N.Y" wrote: I'm curious if any armchair experts have a reason as to why my calves get sore the day after a full day of aggressive skiing ? Most people I know complain of their thighs getting sore but my thighs feel fine , it's my calves that I notice get the most sore . Does this mean I must be skiing improperly or using wrong techniques etc ? Or maybe when I'm exercising my legs I'm just not doing enough calf exercises . I'm happy with my abilities and can ski single and double diamonds pretty well . I'm not looking to change my entire skiing technique , just curious as to what it is i'm doing that is causing sore calves , or maybe this is fairly common ? thanx for any input . Ron Do you have to "scrunch" your toes in your boots? Are you unconciously (or conciously) tensing your feet? These can both lead to sore calves. And it's usually because your boots have gotten packed out (or never fit right) that you have to tense your foot to try and hold it still. Try very conciously keeping your feet relaxed. Feel the sole spread down into the footbed. You'll either start to slip around (so get your boots taken care of) or you'll start making better turns with a lot less effort from your calves. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard." |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
"Ron N.Y" wrote in message
et... I'm curious if any armchair experts have a reason as to why my calves get sore ... There's a thread from last spring (or so) that has an absurd amount of discussion inspired by the same question. A lot depends on what you mean by "calves." One thing you might do is move your ankle around and determine what sorts of movement use the sore muscle. |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
"pigo" wrote You're leaning back. Bend your ankles. I do not believe that's the problem, since his thighs do not burn. Was learning to ski in a lot of snow last week, and was constantly leaning back from lost of control, and the thighs are the ones burning. |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
Jiyang Chen wrote:
"pigo" wrote You're leaning back. Bend your ankles. I do not believe that's the problem, since his thighs do not burn. Was learning to ski in a lot of snow last week, and was constantly leaning back from lost of control, and the thighs are the ones burning. The sides of my calves hurt because I use those muscles to keep my feet pointing where I want them to point. Bad technique, but it's probably better than none at all. My thighs hurt just from keeping my knees bent. -- Cheers, Bev ================================================== Is the Pope Catholic? Do bears **** in the woods? Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress? |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
I had the same problem last year. I bought a high-end preformace boot from
Technica. The boot had a ton of forward lean built into the boot. Therefore, my legs were not able to get into a relaxed position. After two runs I felt like I skied ten day s straight. I sold that boot and baught a boot with less forward lean and my problem was solved. My wife has a Rival 7 from Tecnica and she always complains about her calves being sore. I can now ski 5 days striaght with no sorenes. What kind fo boots do you have anyway? |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
houseslave wrote:
I had the same problem last year. I bought a high-end preformace boot from Technica. The boot had a ton of forward lean built into the boot. Therefore, my legs were not able to get into a relaxed position. After two runs I felt like I skied ten day s straight. I sold that boot and baught a boot with less forward lean and my problem was solved. My wife has a Rival 7 from Tecnica and she always complains about her calves being sore. I can now ski 5 days striaght with no sorenes. What kind fo boots do you have anyway? If you're talking to me, I have Tecnica TNTs with nowhere near enough forward lean, and I'm chicken to hack them up. -- Cheers, Bev *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=* It is just a bicycle. It is not dedication and bugs in your teeth and dust and rain and mud. It is not madness and harmony and glory and rhythm. It is not muscle and flesh and sweat and lycra and wind. It is just a bicycle. -- Bianchi *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=* |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
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Alan Baker writes: Do you have to "scrunch" your toes in your boots? Are you unconciously (or conciously) tensing your feet? These can both lead to sore calves. I think you are on the right track here. My sister in law just visited and came skiing with us. That was her second day on skis, her first being 10 years ago. The following morning her calves were so sore, she couldn't even walk. It doesn't have to be a beginner problem either. Even some experienced skiers tense up when they get scared and try to slow down by pushing with the ball of the foot while leaning backward. That's a good recipe for sore calves and has nothing to do with what boot you wear. bruno. |
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Calves sore after skiing means ?
I'm not sure how my boots rate on the performance scale but they are Salomon 1080's , see through puke yellow in color . I
took my time and I tried on quite a few brands but these felt the most comfortable so I bought them . They feel very comfortable when skiing and I can go a whole day without problems with discomfort. I never had sore calf muscles with my old Lange heated tch something or others but then again that was before I bought new shaped skis and started a regular exercise routine and started skiing with more skill . I read all the replies and even did a google search . I'm not sure if it's the boots but next time I'm going to try making them a little bit tighter as I have a tendency to leave them a little on the loose side . I do think they have a fair amount of forward lean built into them but I try to lean forward most of the time . I do tuck my pants inner lining into the boot which I won't do next time . I wear 1 pair of good quality synthetic socks made for ski boots . I do think the boots are the right size and don't think it's me scrunching my toes or anything . The harder and more aggressive I ski and the more I try to keep tight turns and keep my skis parallel and knees locked , the more sore they get the day after. This leads me to think back when I 1st bought the boots and had a 'seasoned' pro help me pick them out . He ****ed me off when he sort of implied that I couldn't be that good a skier with such small calf muscles . I gave him a dirty look and thought to myself this guy is full of hot air . I was under the impression that your upper legs , quads and thighs took the most abuse . But now that my calves hurt I am thinking about what he said and maybe he was right . Maybe now that I am skiing faster, longer, harder with better parallel and technique it's putting more strain on my calves . I'm going to try to work out my calves more off the slopes and see if that helps . If there was a good boot fitter on Long Island ? I would like to pay him a visit , otherwise I'm going to try strengthening the calves and see how it goes . It's not too bad if you go for a 1 day trip up to Hunter but I'm afraid this will be a problem if I go for 2-3 days straight . thanx Ron "houseslave" wrote in message . .. I had the same problem last year. I bought a high-end preformace boot from Technica. The boot had a ton of forward lean built into the boot. Therefore, my legs were not able to get into a relaxed position. After two runs I felt like I skied ten day s straight. I sold that boot and baught a boot with less forward lean and my problem was solved. My wife has a Rival 7 from Tecnica and she always complains about her calves being sore. I can now ski 5 days striaght with no sorenes. What kind fo boots do you have anyway? |
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