Tumbling what am I doing wrong

[aerialriver]

So I have been out of tumbling for the past 2 years due to chronic compartment syndrome and shin splints. They have healed and yes I went to the doc . Now when I tumble my thighs kill me! But not in an injured sort of way but in a sore muscle overuse sort of way, and the nest day i can't tumble because my thigh muscles won't respond, it is like they are too weak and overused.

I know it has to do with my technique and my coach does say I don't push through my shoulders enough. But what else is wrong? Here is a video, sadly this is actually one of my better attempts. Any tips would be great! MOV01134 - YouTube

 

[SuperGirlmlm]

wow, not bad. If I take 3 weeks off gymnastics, I'll lose almost everything backwards, and I'll have to "break in" all of my other skills.
You could try conditioning so your thighs are stronger.

 

[CoachGoofy]

Your toes are coming up slow in your backhandsprings, which makes the snap down harder. Aaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbs...

 

[iwannacoach]

Forget about your legs hurting and feeling weak the next day. Time and continued exercise will take care of that one. I looked through your video to find out why your not pushing through your shoulders, and saw some things you should look at.

You should go back through it frame by frame to look for posititions that are holding you back, and I mean that quite literally in the sense that you need to make a commitment to building momentum. Look at these instances in your video.......

Mid flight during your hurdle....what happens if you actually were motionless and placed in this position with your feet on the floor

Front foot on round-off contacting the floor......in a motionless position if I took away the support from your back leg....you'd fall back wards.....


You find the rest, and work on them with your coach.

 

[BlairBob]

Are you absolutely sure it's Chronic Compartment Syndrome? Because generally that requires taking a scalpel and opening you up to relieve pressures on the tissue so your tissue doesn't get necrotic. Think bad like gangrene or recluse spider bite.

Are you sure it's not DelayedOnsetMuscleSyndrome. DOMS. Basically, working out to the point your muscles are really sore for a few days.

If it is DOMS:

Don't work out so hard per each session. Go 85% instead of 100%.

Do workout more so your body gets in better shape and can deal with lactate better. Sounds like the opposite right?

Get stronger, work on strength more and condition more SMARTLY. Each workout doesn't have to be Rocky. It's not a competition, it's a journey.

Besides that, get enough carbs and protein and water to recover and do some foam rolling. Some jogging lightly is good to get bloodflow throughout the tissues to encourage healing.

 

[Coach S]

What kind of training schedule are you? Are you getting enough rest? Your body only gets stronger while it's resting.

 

[aerialriver]

BlairBob, The ortho I saw told me it was chronic compartment syndrome (not acute) and I had to quit tumbling for 2 years over it. It was a different issue that I have now. Now it sounds like DOMS and it is in my thighs before the issue was my calves. I'm not sure if the doctor was spot on with his diagnosis as my overall experience with him was not good, all I know is that I am glad that is over.

Coach S, We train tumbling Wednesday's for maybe a half hour Thursday's for a full hour and Friday for half an hour. After the hour long Thurs. class my thighs are spent. If I try to tumble Friday I actually cannot physically do it, it feels like my thigh muscles are concrete.

I wonder if I should talk to my coach and maybe see about doing tumble track rather than rod floor for half of the Thurs. class and see if that spares me and then slowly increase it?

 

[rd7]

I'm not a tumbling specialist by any means but it looks to me like you're not getting a completely true rebound through your feet, it looks like your thigh muscles are doing a lot of work that could be lessened by better technique.

Or in other words your feet are on the ground just a little too long after each skill.

But like I said, not a tumbling specialist so definitely work with your coach.

 

[BlairBob]

Well, at this point it's just too much for you to recover from.

How long have you been back at it?

Half and half on thursday might be a prudent solution. 3 days in a row is gonna suck regardless.