Rest Up!

Rest Up!

Every exerciser needs to give her body a break every once and awhile. Recovery is vital and key to looking and feeling your best 24/7! Follow the simple tips below to give yourself a break and continue being healthy and happy for a lifetime.

1. Have a snack. Refuel within at least 15 minutes of working out, when your body can turn food into muscle-healing glycogen three times faster than normal. Combine carbs and protein to do so, hello protein shake, bottoms up!

2. Skip the gym. Yes you read that right. Head to a movie or the mall instead. Without the frequent mental breather here and there your motivation may wander. Exercisers who were found to be more mentally fatigued stopped 15% earlier than those whose brain wasn’t so spent.

3. Go to bed early. Clock at least 7-8 hours or restful, peaceful sleep every night. During REM sleep – the deepest phases in your nightly rest – your body produces human growth hormone, which stimulates tissue repair in your muscles and tendons. Hurry up, lights out!

4. Get pampered. In an animal study, muscles given a massage post-exercise had less swelling and inflammation than muscles that simply rested.

That is that. Remember that it doesn’t hurt to give yourself a break once and awhile, if anything it always ends up helping out in more ways than you ever thought of!

The Team at i-Supplements.com