If you’re anything like me, your workout waves come in (short) fits and starts.
At least you’re doing something – that’s how I rationalize it.
On the downside, that may mean that you get overzealous during exercise phases.
American Council on Exercise-certified spokesperson and exercise physiologist, Fabio Comana, M.A., M.S.
says, “Exercise when its modest to vigorous helps boost your immune systen.
When you exercuse too vigorously and don’t allow for recovery, it actually represses your immune response.”
That’s an adaptation of training.
If you are under stress, maybe your body isn’t up for the usual workout.
Stop training for a while, as you manage the stress in your life.
Or, if exercise is a catharsis, scale back a little.
Maybe if you’re doing 5 days a week, let’s down shift to 3.
Decreased Performance:Measure your performance based on the norm.
Maybe you’ve got the option to usually handle 3 sets of 10 presses with 80lbs.
If you’re having trouble with thosereps, then maybe you’re overtraining.
When the body goes to fix it, increased blood and activity puts pressure on pain receptors.
The message to your body is that your ability to train that muscle is comprised.
It’s physiologically damaged and needs time to recover.
To avoid an excess of this phenomenon, minimize how much is done in one “sitting.”
Control the amount of eccentric exercises and don’t do as many sets for a few weeks.
Ice the muscles or sit in a cold whirlpool bath.
A few hours later take a hot shower to jump-start the healing process.
This is how we maintain range of motion and that’s the real healer."
For soreness and tightness, try these massage techniques (for muscleand mindstress relief!)
Use your thumb closer to the neck.
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