So you decide today is the day that you want to get fit, healthy and strong, then you get a flashback of the last time you decided to get fit the memory brings you back that feeling you had a couple of days after your heroic effort in the gym. The stiffness, the unable to lift your arms over your head, the dreaded stairs! I know your pain all too well.
First let me help you understand what your feeling after that killer workout. By going to the gym and lifting any weight, doing lunges or whatever exercise you do you are creating microscopic tears in your muscles this is referred to as microtrauma. The microtrauma is a result of repeated muscle contractions. Don’t fret when you rest your body gets to work repairing the muscles like the terminator “they’ll be back” and to boot they will come back stronger.
Here is a two headed attack to help you with the muscle repair and to battle that soreness two days later ( it’s often referred to as DOMS or delayed onset muscle soreness ). First lets cover the post workout routine that will help you minimize those micro tears in your muscles. Consuming protein after your workout will help minimize the damage, as well it will prevent your body from using muscle tissue as an energy source ( you don’t want to burn muscle when you work out, you want to burn fat ) Protein can be consumed in many forms, from drinking a shake or milk, to eating a protein bar or having some chicken for dinner. All those are good sources of protein and your muscles will be thanking you for it!
Now let’s look at how to reduce that delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The main cause of DOMS is inflammation in your muscles. Turmeric is a natural plant that has amazing healing properties for inflammation, among its many other uses. Curcumin is a bright yellow chemical produced by some plants ( one of those being Turmeric ) and that chemical is what helps with the inflammation the best way to get turmeric is to in a capsule, you can also buy it as a spice from your local grocery store and incorporate into your cooking.
So the next time you hit the gym remember that recovery is an important part of getting fit. Use the two headed approach above and you can keep pumping iron without having to dread walking up those stairs or any stiffness and soreness.
First let me help you understand what your feeling after that killer workout. By going to the gym and lifting any weight, doing lunges or whatever exercise you do you are creating microscopic tears in your muscles this is referred to as microtrauma. The microtrauma is a result of repeated muscle contractions. Don’t fret when you rest your body gets to work repairing the muscles like the terminator “they’ll be back” and to boot they will come back stronger.
Here is a two headed attack to help you with the muscle repair and to battle that soreness two days later ( it’s often referred to as DOMS or delayed onset muscle soreness ). First lets cover the post workout routine that will help you minimize those micro tears in your muscles. Consuming protein after your workout will help minimize the damage, as well it will prevent your body from using muscle tissue as an energy source ( you don’t want to burn muscle when you work out, you want to burn fat ) Protein can be consumed in many forms, from drinking a shake or milk, to eating a protein bar or having some chicken for dinner. All those are good sources of protein and your muscles will be thanking you for it!
Now let’s look at how to reduce that delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The main cause of DOMS is inflammation in your muscles. Turmeric is a natural plant that has amazing healing properties for inflammation, among its many other uses. Curcumin is a bright yellow chemical produced by some plants ( one of those being Turmeric ) and that chemical is what helps with the inflammation the best way to get turmeric is to in a capsule, you can also buy it as a spice from your local grocery store and incorporate into your cooking.
So the next time you hit the gym remember that recovery is an important part of getting fit. Use the two headed approach above and you can keep pumping iron without having to dread walking up those stairs or any stiffness and soreness.
