I played soccer back in highschool and I had a great indurance, I could run back and forth with no problems at all. Over the weekend I played a pick up game with some friends and after 10 seconds of running I was out of breath, seriously my lungs were coming out my nose. So my question is does any one here know a fast way to get back in to the running form??? should I just run or what??? My highschool days are not 50 years away either I am 22 right now.
Not to be a smart as here, but run every day. Run as far as you can, if you have the time. Push yourself more everyday and if you feel light-headed slow down and see a doctor (so I don't get sued .
I just deleted my nice, encouraging post so I'll cut to the chase the second time around. 1. If you can't run more than "10 seconds," you surely aren't ready to train every day. 2. Set a realistic goal. Something like "I want to be able to play 45 minutes of good soccer by the middle of July." Then work from there. Your problem is anaerobic fitness--often thought of as endurance. Thus, I suggest running three miles every other day for a week. Make sure you run the full three miles, with stretching before and after. If this is easy, then go up to five miles. Once you can run five miles straight at a good pace, you should be able to do fine in a Saturday pickup game. If you're really intent on putting it to your friends, then throw in a set of sprints on your off days. You can do a ladder (increasing distance up and then down), sprint up a hill, do stairs, etc. Again, make sure you do a good warm up and cool down jog, as well as stretching. You could also do some plyometrics, but I haven't met too many weekend players who wanted to work that hard. Finally, I would schedule my workouts so that Friday is an off day or light jog so that you are ready for Saturday. Best of luck. P.S. Where are you playing pickup on Saturdays?