On Sunday I did 8 60m sprints with 1.5 min rest between each sprint. I went all-out on my sprints, holding nothing back.
After my sprint workout I did 5x15 swiss ball crunches with 1 min rest between sets.
Yesterday and today my ribs are sore. Also, the soles of my feet are sore.
What’s the deal with my rib pain? Should I buy running shoes over my cross-trainers for sprints so that my feet don’t hurt??
[quote]AlteredState wrote:
Your rib pain is probably DOMS in your intercostals and your internal and external obliques.
You need a lot of rotational stiffness during sprinting and you also breathe extremely heavily.
Your foot pain may well be DOMS in the intrinsic muscles of your feet. There is a lot of explosive drive during sprinting and so the feet must ‘clench’ in order to provide a stable platform to spring off.[/quote]
Spot on the money with the rib analysis. Sandbag work will do the same thing.
TNT
Footwear wise, you’re better off getting track flats/ cross country flats than running shoes.
What kind of surface are you on?
[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
Footwear wise, you’re better off getting track flats/ cross country flats than running shoes.
What kind of surface are you on?[/quote]
From my own experience I have to agree with this. I used to get sore feet all the time from doing sprints, but I was mainly running in running shoes. I recently got a pair of track flats and I haven’t felt any foot soreness since I started using them.
what do I do then?
wait until my ribs aren’t sore then do my squats?
and buy flat shoes?
[quote]SpadeK wrote:
wait until my ribs aren’t sore then do my squats?[/quote]
Light core exercises to offset DOMS until you can handle squats
[quote]
and buy flat shoes?[/quote]
Yes…
what type of core exercises?
I don’t see why you can’t do squats with intercostal DOMS; if you can breath normally then you can continue.
Your auxiliary muscles just sound tired from breathing so hard and will go away as you get used to it.