How Weekend Warriors Can Prevent (And Recover Quickly) From Injuries

Does your Saturday morning tennis match, basketball game, yard work, or jog through the park leave you so sore that you limp into work on Monday? If so, you may be a weekend warrior! “Weekend Warriors” are individuals who rarely exercise during the work week, but make up for it in extreme on the weekend. Anyone who concentrates all of their exercise into 1 or 2 intense workouts a week could be considered a weekend warrior. “Weekend warrior” does not only apply to former athletes—even those who don’t exercise frequently but do intense activity on the weekends (including yard work or cleaning gutters) may benefit from the information in this blog post. When work and family life and other responsibilities take precedence over routine exercise, it can be difficult to get a good workout in. Weekend warriors experience issues when