Cycling After Injury | Sore Legs Recovery

Lucy takes another big step forward in her recovery journey and is finally allowed back on the bike saddle!
With less bike experience under her belt, the re-adjustment has been slightly harder than swimming, but lucy is just excited to be making more and more progress every day!
We also gain some more insight into the strength and conditioning work, and recovery techniques in place to keep the hip safe and also prevent any other niggles from occurring.
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[@christineblack3315]

I am so grateful you are sharing your road to recovery with us. I suffered an injury to my low back nearly a year ago after a car accident and you are helping me stay positive and commit to the slow steady recovery. Thanks!

[@Zwift]

"Oh no, I might have completed Zwift"" ... We love it Lucy 😂

[@sarahhokanson5391]

Is that LCB merch!?!? 👀👀👀 Ooooohhh can’t wait.

[@leonardotosetto8590]

Thanks Lucy for sharing, I'm suffering the same exact injury as yours, just few days later.. so I'm watching your videos like my favourite tv series! You're inspiring! Keep going strong 💪🏼

[@joemalone4322]

Wow. I think the ice plunge with no delay is most impressive thing I’ve seen you do! Amazing. All the best with your rehab,

[@kyotoisinthesnow]

welcome back. nice to see the battle braids t-shirt ( my surname in Braida)

[@sasharosalia6446]

I remember watching an iron man video on KZbin and seeing you race for the first time. You stood out to me and inspired me. I started following your journey and have admired you ever since. It’s great to see you doing what you love again and I am so proud of you for keeping a positive attitude and being patient through this injury. Keep going, Lucy!

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you so much for following my triathlon journey ❤️

[@markmorales7465]

Wonderful attitude and inspiring approach to work through injury!!! Success is right around the corner!

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you!

[@nurseboogy]

LOL you told those people to f*ck off in the nicest way possible (the ones asking when you are racing again). I love watching your healing journey. I wish more athelets did this! It's a real part of being a professional athlete or an athlete at all! This is where gains are made. Good work!

[@sharonw5678]

Doing great Lucy! You will be back soon ! Love these updates !

[@Jono01]

Yay! So good you can get on the bike again. You’ve been so unbelievably positive and patient with your recovery. 👏👍

[@bikesandlaces]

Good to see you back on the bike! It's been great following along your recovery story, keep it up and I look forward to seeing your progress!!

[@claudiatorresmontano2499]

I loveeeeeeeee uuuuu! I so glad to see you are on your way back and recovery!!!

[@vsrugby]

So excited to see your rehab journey progressing and too see your back on the bike Lucy ! Absolutely love your battlebraid t-shirt looking forward to hearing more ! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@williamw.9223]

Great video! Wishing you a safe and speedy recovery. Looking forward to seeing you race. Take care.

[@erinwhitman4826]

So happy to see your recovery is progressing Lucy!! Patiently waiting your return to racing, but in the meantime, I'm loving seeing little Lola...she's a sweetie! PS. If "Team Battlebraids" are a thing I want in!! PPS. Can you do a tutorial on how to put your own battlebraids in? I have yet to master it!

[@deanb61]

Interesting you found the hyperbaric chamber. I'm a scuba diver so come across them occasionally. The one in the north west has some really good case studies of helping burn injuries. As you point out the high oxygen partial pressure seems to promotes healing. While you were away: Ryf came back, Kat Mathews was invented and Laura Philips raised her game (Ruth Astle is also coming along nicely). Can't wait to see you back competing, the female section looks very competitive now.

[@annadupont7615]

Yay - so glad to see you're on your way back! It must feel so good to be able to use your muscles again. Best of luck to Reese this weekend!

[@TheYellowCarGuy]

Thanks for keeping us updated through your journey, it's inspiring and motivating to watch. I had a sacral stress fracture earlier this year and then recently broke my collarbone and tibia in a bike crash, so have been healing alongside your journey lol.

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you for following along! Best wishes in your recovery journey - so unlucky to have 2 injuries back to back! :(

[@beyond990]

Great to see the recovery process and all the toys you get to play with 😂 so jealous, a quick thought and I'm sure you've had it, but since you stopped riding you have done a load of mobility work and your body has no doubt changed, might be worth getting your bike fit checked again to fit your new flexibility etc.

[@marc_aussie]

Maybe I missed it, but will you breathe more to both sides during swim training since you thought that may have contributed to some alignment issues?

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Yes since I’ve been back in the water I’m mostly breathing to both sides. Already feel like I have a better alignment even when walking 🙌🏻

[@theatricshrink]

I can imagine how it felt getting back into cycling. I only took a 3 week break because of covid and felt like a beginner coming back 🙂 All the best for your ongoing recovery.

[@amheron]

excited to see what #teambattlebraids is. I want in! Ps dust your pizza dough with polenta/semolina-stops any sticking and extra tasty texture

[@bokehinfocus]

So happy to see your progress!!!! (And I love the shirt!!! Go #teambattlebraids!!)

[@erichayden5635]

Lucy great video. Small suggestion I’ve learned with pizza on the grill. Put the dough in with a little olive oil for 1 min flip and put back in 30. Then. Remove pizza dough, put toppings on and took to your liking. 🤟 -Eric

[@juanseaforth5111]

Great to see you slowly getting back 😊👊🏾👋🏽

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you 🙌

[@bargen44]

Waiting for your comeback at IM Cozumel !

[@RobustArid379]

I love you! Speedy recovery and more championships champagne

[@joenankeylargo9907]

Welcome back champ.

[@tonythomas8435]

Thanks for the update and it sounds like you are making good progress. that hyperbaric chamber looks really cool but there is no way i could stay in that thing. i get claustrophobic being in an mri tube so i'd never survive! LOL!

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

I also felt very claustrophobic the first time I went in there, had a little moment!

[@basildaoust2821]

Well, I know the future since I watched another video first so I know everything you did, in the end, had a great result, so well done. And yes I know you are married and I know you likely would never even notice me in a group so I get all that and life is fine. Having said that I wish I wasn't so lame and messed up. I'm getting older, not old yet but getting older and letting myself get really out of any sort of fitness level. I mean I was walking like an hour a day summer or winter didn't matter but now I walk like so slow and doing a 30-minute walk takes like an hour out and like 2 hours back, and I'm completely burned out. I know smaller shorter and do not get exhausted I imagine are the suggestions, but being so broken means unlike you fitness does not call to me in any way. I mean ages ago I did do a running program that I basically failed at. Yeah we did run 1 walk 1, and I got X distance with the better runners in our group, the downside is I did my weekly three runs and I managed to get slower and slower and never ever made it back to X ever again :( OH well. So I am very impressed by your results.

[@sarabt]

Haha I love the shirt, where can we get it?

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

All will be revealed soon... 👀

[@rmjames83]

I can just tell with this injury ur going to have an incredible solid base fitness & strength to put the spicy training on top of when the time comes. That “pyramid” will have rock solid, unbeatable foundations!!!!

[@jenpickard]

Always Team Battle Braids

[@anoukenpim6615]

I really like watching your videos! It really motivates me to work hard!

[@mariszunic]

#battlebraids love it!

[@embosurf]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Tethysmeer]

Do you analyze your pedal balance on the bike? If not it maybe would help to even the load between the legs.

[@lauralerman2544]

Go lucyyy!!!!!

[@triathlon_ross]

Double Bib shorts.... Top tip.

[@anitawalker9035]

Great News Lucy, Enjoy your Pizza And take your Time too, Hopefully Reece will do well in his Race so good luck and a big hug to Lola.

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thanks! Looking forward to cheering Reece on this weekend!

[@anitawalker9035]

@@LucyCharlesBarclay Where's he Racing??

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

@@anitawalker9035 he’s racing at Challenge Roth 👏🏻

[@DavidFritzIII]

Did I see some team Charles Barclay merch? Do you have the battle braids shirt available in a child's size for my daughter's?

[@charlottebrodeur6674]

Merch!!!!!!!!!

[@rachelcarre06]

Is that merch I see you wearing? 👀😁

[@debjames774]

Team Battle Braids 🙂

[@Manu6081]

Hey lucy! In one of your video you are talking about breathing on one side while swimming how did you manage to balance it out ?! because I will do about about 100M every 3 stroke and after that I just want to go back to 1 side breathing !

[@sarahtoth391]

How long since your last bike ride??

[@thelonesculler]

I probably missed it, only thing I noticed was the Model D Black Concept 2 ergo which I could have sworn wasn't there before

[@erab6539]

I think we’re just as excited for you to get back to racing as you are 😊

[@Nigel555]

Go Lucy go 👍

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Thank you! 💪

[@irvhh143]

It's like astronaut training

[@janetdavidson6949]

Will you be using a Lever to begin run training? I see lots of triathletes using the Lever.

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

I do have a Lever ready and waiting 🙌🏻

[@luisnavarro3685]

I love getting in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at my job!

[@thehuckabeefamily]

Content idea - what was your progression into becoming a personal trainer? Education? Experience? I know both you and Reece are trainers and just curious.

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Great idea! We will keep that in mind 😁

[@Nina-wf3bq]

Did you change your diet during the recovery/will you be changing it as you progress?

[@pandats]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MR-wh5wp]

How come u did hard efforts for your 1st ride back?

[@weissbrot_gaming9067]

Dan?

[@LucyCharlesBarclay]

Dan Lorang is my coach 👍

[@ericomarpaboncrespo6005]

The blurred bike in the gym? I see what you did there ;)

[@stopbanningmeonets3514]

and the t-shirt

[@geifler]

Top tip, use wraps as the pizza base. Much easier. Very thin and less filling so you can have more of them…!

[@biswarupkundu4102]

What's that song

[@philcupper]

Half expected her to get into a Bacta Tank next.

[@DáriusStróhmajer]

Go roth

[@vikihott4120]

🅿🆁🅾🅼🅾🆂🅼 😢

[@colecoleman1499]

Pizza with refined grain and processed meat. How can that be good for recovery. Do approve your Strava followers