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How long do people think it takes your muscles to fully recover from a (fairly full on)week of skiing. I got back a week ago, but struggled to run more than a couple hours yesterday due to my legs feeling completely shot. - I would normally get the same feeling in my legs after perhaps 4 or 5 hours. Something certainly wasn't right and I'm trying to find an explanation. Cheers
A week of daily hard skiing will take a lot more out of you than you would think. Don't forget also that the improvement comes as the muscles rebuild themselves in the days after exercise.
When I go away for two week overseas trips with absolutely zero exercise my legs always feel surprisingly strong on my return; it's the cardio-vascular side tha deteriorates. I actually think that during the summer when I'm out twice or three times a week on the roadie including a very fast hooligan ride Wednesday evenings, I'm in a state of permanent tiredness and struggling to recover. Only a professional cyclist's regime of balanced diet, physio and supplements would help overcome the tiredness - or being 30 years younger!