To build stronger muscles, what we do inside the gym counts for mere 20 percent of our results. Whereas, what we do outside the gym, counts for 80% of the results. However, muscle recovery is often over looked aspect of physical training. In this article, we look into ways with which you can recover faster from your workouts.
When you train your body, you are putting greater strain on it, then what it’s used to. This results, in muscle damage. The body repairs damaged fibers by fusing them, increasing the mass and size of the muscles. Muscle recovery is imperative not just for muscular hypertrophy, but also to remain injury free.
Genetically, some people are able to recover faster than other people. Having said that, there are certain practices we all can adapt, as our post workout routine, to recover optimally from our workout, so that we emerge stronger and can remain injury free, for a long period of time.
In the following video, I discuss some of the important practices for post workout recovery :
As an after note, you need not do everything all at once. You can do each of the components, during different parts of the day. Thus, if you workout in the morning, you can take an ice bath before leaving for work and can stretch after you come home from work.
Include the above practices as a post workout routine, and i promise you will see improvements in your results ! Cheers 🙂