How can I cope with giving up my favorite sport due to injuries?

[Proton Soup]

I'm going to have to explore alternatives. Does anyone have experience with boot camp classes? They're quite popular around here - short-term (one or two months), very intense training that covers strength and cardio.

Or kettlebell training - any PFers ever try that?

Problem is, I'd have to stick to a class schedule and these classes cost money . But it might be worth it.

i was going to suggest you do something like get a foam roller for your ITB, etc., but now i see that you're determined to find some surrogate activity to go to extremes on and re-injure yourself. kettlebells would be fine, and you can do it at home. problem is, if you try to go to some extreme with "very intense training", you'll end up in the same boat, but this time it will be your shoulders instead of your knees.

it sounds like you need to learn to back off, maybe on both intensity and frequency. you're not recovering.

 

[Evo]

Just don't ride your bicycle on any roads that Evo drives on. She'll run you off the road without even feeling guilty about it.

Yes, this is true.