Now I've gone and injured myself...

[midnight armadillo]

My first kettlebell injury happened last week. While doing burpees with a weighted jump holding the kettlebell (these are sometimes called 'squat thrusts') I must have overdid something. I appear to have strained my Achilles tendon on my right foot. Not badly, but enough that I can't do a full squat.

Sigh. I'm off to the podiatrist next week to get checked out, but I'm sure it'll be 'rest, ice, ibuprofen'. What a pain. One of these days I'll remember that I'm no longer 18 and will pay more attention to warming up and stretching.

[Room101]

1. A short cardio warm-up is essentail for several reasons.

1) It increases systemic circulation and heart rate (blood flow/oxygen to the extremities)

2) It increases the temperature of the muscles making them more pliable.

As far as stretching it should be done post workout for Permanent elongation.

[MemphisTiger]

2. I've always been taught to do some cardio or a warm up set

prior to stretching. If you do it first, it is easy to injure yourself. Keep that in mind. Good luck with recovery.

[seemunkee]

3. Sucks, Heal up quick

Drives me nuts the ways the 20 year olds I climb with bounce back from problems that would take me weeks.