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After the injured triathlete has gotten clearance from the treating doctor, and progressed from stretching, strength training, to endurance training for the NON-INJURED leg, then progression to more challenging exercise protocols may be indicated. While Doug Landau’s free sports training advice is worth what you pay for it, he counsels the injured triathlete as follows:

If safe to do so, you can use the exercise or spin bikes to do 1-legged cycling. I do it religiously to perfect form and teach my body to cycle in “COMPLETE CIRCLES”.

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Lastly, once your physician allows, running in deep water with a flotation vest or belt is a great form of exercise. Then, when the healing has progressed and again, with your doctor’s assent, shallow water training, aquatic pylometrics and, eventually running on soft surfaces. I shattered my ankle 20 years go and have been “water running” once or twice a week ever since. I also try to run on sand, grass and trails whenever possible. While most races are run on hard paved surfaces, the W&OD Trail horse path near the Abrams Landau office provides a wonderful, safe surface to “pound out the miles.” Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau has competed in the US National Championship Sprint Triathlon races that were also contested on trails and grass in New Jersey. Injured athlete lawyer Landau has even been known to run races barefoot when the course (like the Hagerstown biathlon) is mostly grass or he wants to save time on his transitions ! Do not try barefoot running in a race unless you have trained to do so.