What Are the Best Rest Times Between Sets for Muscle Growth: Short, Medium, or Long?
If your strength training goal is muscle growth, your rest time between sets is one of the most critical factors of your exercise program. But which is best: Short, Medium, or Long?
Exercise Recovery: 10 Tips to help you recover faster between workouts
Feeling sore, tired and unenthused in-between workouts? If so, It’s possible that you’re under-prioritising recovery and it’s importance in fitness. Here’s 10 tips to help you recover faster!
How to Get The Most out of Rest Days
For as many times as I've said to clients "don't skip leg day", it is by no means the most important training day. Don't get me wrong, I know all too well the importance of a grueling leg day, but I'd like to offer this advice instead: don't skip rest day!
Pre-sleep nutrition: Boost muscle recovery before bed
Sleep and recovery go hand in hand. Nothing is more restorative than a good night's rest. Athletes are no strangers to the "optimize everything" mentality that's often needed in the gym for optimal athletic performance and constant PR-shattering. Now, you may be able to optimize your sleep schedule and nighttime routine to improve your training sessions the next day without sacrificing sleep. Meet pre-sleep nutrition, your key to boosting overnight recovery and muscle growth.
Do you need a rest day or are you just being Lazy? Signs and symptoms of overtraining
Unless you're a Navy seal preparing for a life or death mission impossible, the expression, “the only workout you regret, is the one you didn't do” is nonsense and doesn't apply to 99.9% of the population. Overtraining can not only be dangerous, but it can also have a negative impact on your day-to-day life. But how do you know when you’re overtraining compared to when you’re just being lazy!?
How Omega-3s Can Benefit Your Workout Performance
Omega-3 fatty acids benefit your health in many ways. While you might initially associate Omega-3s with brain and heart health, research also suggests they can boost your workout performance and aid in recovery.