I'm 36 and haven't played soccer regularly in the last nine years. In the last two months, however, I've been playing about four times a week. It's fun and it keeps me in better shape than just about anything I've done. I'm recovering the skills that I used to have, and I feel pretty good about the way I play. The only problem is that I've been experiencing a bit of soreness in my legs. Once I start playing, however, I don't even think about the soreness, and the soreness doesn't affect my game. It's only when I'm resting at home or taking leisurely walks that I feel the soreness. Will this soreness eventually go away or is it just the kind of soreness I would get at my age? It's not really much of a problem, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.
Sounds like DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness) from what you have described. Nothing serious, it is expected to suffer this sort/ level of discomfort when returning to sporting activities which you haven't played in months. Alot of members will be familiar with this that, when returning from a long lay-off from the gym usually experience DOMS the day after working out on their chest, arms or whatever, and it usually subsides after couple of weeks. Usually it's small tears in the inidivual muscle fibres which causer this (which is natural). The soreness is more pronounced at your age and it takes longer to recover from, but shouldn't hinder your enjoyment of soccer.
Proper sleep and rest, hot baths, good, well-balanced proper diet and light activity or stretching on non-football (or soccer) days should help ease the discomfort.
- B.A.
Proper sleep and rest, hot baths, good, well-balanced proper diet and light activity or stretching on non-football (or soccer) days should help ease the discomfort.
- B.A.
