Hi, I'm a newbie to the site, but have been exercising for about a year.
I usually hit the elliptical pretty hard for 45 minutes for cardio, then do some weight training. I'm 35 years old and in pretty good shape.
Recently, the 20 year old, spry, buff personal trainer at my gym recommended I run on the treadmill instead of on the elliptical. He assured me that the rumors I had heard about this being hard on my knees and ankles was not true, but that it would strengthen them.
For the past 10 days I have been doing a cool down of a 15 minute jog on the treadmill, just to get used to it.
Well, this morning after about two minutes I felt a very sharp pain in my ankle the radiated up to my hip (which seems like a weird way to radiate, but it did). I considered working through the pain, but since this didn't feel like muscle pain, but joint pain, I decided to stop. It took a good hour before my ankle felt normal again.
My question:
1) is the the 20 year old, spry, buff personal trainer full of $#!&?
2) should I stop with the treadmill and stick to my low impact elliptical or is this ankle pain the sort of thing that is expected when you start on a treadmill?
TIA for any insight you can give me.
Red
I usually hit the elliptical pretty hard for 45 minutes for cardio, then do some weight training. I'm 35 years old and in pretty good shape.
Recently, the 20 year old, spry, buff personal trainer at my gym recommended I run on the treadmill instead of on the elliptical. He assured me that the rumors I had heard about this being hard on my knees and ankles was not true, but that it would strengthen them.
For the past 10 days I have been doing a cool down of a 15 minute jog on the treadmill, just to get used to it.
Well, this morning after about two minutes I felt a very sharp pain in my ankle the radiated up to my hip (which seems like a weird way to radiate, but it did). I considered working through the pain, but since this didn't feel like muscle pain, but joint pain, I decided to stop. It took a good hour before my ankle felt normal again.
My question:
1) is the the 20 year old, spry, buff personal trainer full of $#!&?
2) should I stop with the treadmill and stick to my low impact elliptical or is this ankle pain the sort of thing that is expected when you start on a treadmill?
TIA for any insight you can give me.
Red