Unlucky at HIT

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MaryAnn

5:53 am
11 Feb 14
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I’m having HIT problems. I started out on the exercise bike (upright style, with a big seat). I managed somehow, after just a few sessions of Trapp-Boutcher style HIT (only 15 minutes), to bruise my tailbone!

It’s taken ages to get better. In the meantime, I’ve switched to the elliptical. Now… it’s going ok (well, I dread it, and it is HARD and I’ve not graduated to anything about 15 minutes yet, but you know, my tailbone isn’t hurting!), but I worry about my form when I’m going all out.

I’m doing low-impact HIT as part of my half-marathon training, and I really don’t want to get injured doing it since the whole point is to give my knees a break…

Does anyone have any advice?

dietguru

1:37 pm
13 Feb 14
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Can you explain how you bruised your tailbone?
Was it from dropping onto the seat hard after doing a standing pedaling set?

rachelwhich

1:59 pm
13 Feb 14
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I am a very regular gym goer and the bike ALWAYS gives me a sore bottom/tailbone no matter what so maybe it’s just not for you? (maybe your bottom isn’t cushioned enough, compliment?) I avoid it at all costs, try the one that lays down a bit more with the proper chair?

sylvestra

2:14 pm
13 Feb 14
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@maryann I damaged my tailbone many years ago and one of the things I have found since losing weight is that it can hurt, depending on how I sit.

You have my sympathies and I hope it gets better soon.

I have either to put up with the occasional pain or put weight back on ….guess which I’m going to choose 😀

xx

MaryAnn

8:26 am
20 Feb 14
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dietguru, I’m not 100% sure. I think I bounce on the seat a bit when I’m going all out. I have lost over 50lbs doing 4:3, so a lot of my padding down there is gone.

It is better, btw, after lots of rest and sitting carefully on pillows. I switched to the elliptical for HIIT, and that is going ok. I’ve bought both bike shorts and a padded gel seat cover that fits over the spin bike seat in the gym. I might go back to the bike after getting advice about seat height, form, etc., from a cycling friend…

anyway… thanks everyone for your comments and concern!

JC

2:50 pm
27 Feb 14
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Did you have any improvements with this MaryAnn? I’ve found in the past when coming back to cycling for the first time in a while you can bruise yourself slightly but it fades after a little while as you get used to it.