What If You Are Ill Or Injured

If you're using one of our plans and then you get ill or injured what should you do?

Injury

In the case of injury you will need to stop riding if that exacerbates it. You can carry on with Strength & Conditioning and add some Cross Training providing they don't cause a problem. 

See a sports injury specialist straight away. Do your research and find someone with an particular interest in fitness and cycling, even if it requires travelling further to see them. Don't wait for the injury to magically go away, it almost never happens and you'll just waste weeks waiting.

Illness

Wait until you are at least 99% better before you start training again. Training with a virus can cause scarring of the heart, which you will never get rid of.

Don't attempt to catch up the training, just let it go and carry on from the point where you got better. Ideally start off with an active recovery week, just to ease you back in gently. 

If you've missed a week, you won't lose any fitness. If you've missed two weeks you'll lose a tiny bit, but you'll regain it in two weeks. 

Illness and injury happen to the best of us, so don't get downhearted. Everyone gets at least one cold during the winter, it's a normal part of being an athlete. If you stay positive, remain patient and do the right things you'll bounce back in no time.

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