To spice things up I played some futsal this week with my coworkers. I used to play on a pretty high amateur (regular soccer) level and despite being in pretty good shape, it was tough lol. Futsal is a very intensive thing to do and I was sore in places I didn’t know was possible.
My cold shower thing is going alright. It’s not as if I became an immortal, depression proof deity overnight but I quite like it to be honest. I’m not at the point where I can turn the actual cold shower on immediately so I start with the tap in the middle, get in and turn it colder. I do think my skin is less dry and I feel sort of activated when I do it, so it seems to have effects.
Overall I have been too busy to get actual workouts in so I just kept moderately active and ate well.
Football in general is horrific for your knees and ankles lol. Running is one thing but short, intense and explosive movements in all directions is just not ideal. There’s a reason many guys I played with tore their ACL.
There are some good pvc floors nowadays which, although weird to play at first, are way softer on the knees and ankles. Old wooden floors are also not as agressive for those parts.
I play mainly in artificial turf which, depending on the quality, can be quite soft and bumpy.
Personally I used to get the most sore on my obliques due to rapid changes of direction which the body wasn’t used to at that weight. Nowadays I don’t have any problems after playing particularly if I have a good warm-up, I’m only left with some swelling after bad tackles lol
To spice things up I played some futsal this week with my coworkers. I used to play on a pretty high amateur (regular soccer) level and despite being in pretty good shape, it was tough lol. Futsal is a very intensive thing to do and I was sore in places I didn’t know was possible.
My cold shower thing is going alright. It’s not as if I became an immortal, depression proof deity overnight but I quite like it to be honest. I’m not at the point where I can turn the actual cold shower on immediately so I start with the tap in the middle, get in and turn it colder. I do think my skin is less dry and I feel sort of activated when I do it, so it seems to have effects.
Overall I have been too busy to get actual workouts in so I just kept moderately active and ate well.
Futsal sounds like it’d kill your knees and ankles. I used to do indoor football (on carpet, major rug-burn gashes every week), and it could wreck me.
Football in general is horrific for your knees and ankles lol. Running is one thing but short, intense and explosive movements in all directions is just not ideal. There’s a reason many guys I played with tore their ACL.
But at least it’s fun.
There are some good pvc floors nowadays which, although weird to play at first, are way softer on the knees and ankles. Old wooden floors are also not as agressive for those parts.
I play mainly in artificial turf which, depending on the quality, can be quite soft and bumpy.
Personally I used to get the most sore on my obliques due to rapid changes of direction which the body wasn’t used to at that weight. Nowadays I don’t have any problems after playing particularly if I have a good warm-up, I’m only left with some swelling after bad tackles lol
I should totally find an adult league around me, injuries aside it sounds really fun.