Rest and Recovery

Hello again..

One problem I'm having that I think a lot of people will come across is the urge to over train, this I believe is due to being inpatient and wanting quicker results but also when you start training for a better body, for your sport or for whatever reason it feels good pretty much after the first session you start feeling a buzz and even more so when you see and feel results and the time goes by, you get more energy as your training progresses and you start to crave the buzz.

BUT...resting is just as important as the training itself so, next time it's Friday night and you just trained chest a day or two before and your pals are gathered around the bench press having a competition to see who can push the most weight out, DON'T

You need to have your days properly planned out this is why I like the AthleanX training program as it all just there for you there is no thinking involved and you don't have to mess around planning your workouts and its always different so it keeps your body guessing and keeps it interesting and challenging. When its time to train open my computer and there is the days program I grab my towel and a bottle of water and off I go, no messing.

Every night get your 8 hours sleep, eat healthy and train hard and your body will do the rest. If you feeling stiff (usually a day to three days after) you can help speed up the recovery process by taking an ice bath or if that's to much hassle then just run a cold bath no hot water at all and that will do the trick, by doing this you muscles will tighten up and therefore squeeze out all the lactic acid which in most cases is what is causing the stiffness. I tend to just do my workout and have a shower straight after and start with a cold one for a fer minutes then a hot one and just repeat a few times this will again tighten the muscle pushing out the lactic acid then once its hot relax the muscle and fresh blood will flow in again helping to remove the lactic build up. If your at the gym you could jump from one shower to another or from the sauna to the pool or shower.