5 tricks to make the most of your active rest

Nov 09, 2014

by 226ERS #FeedYourDreams

You have finished a week of intense load and everyone tells you that you should loosen, that you are very strong, but that the body needs to recover.

Or maybe you just did the goal of the season and you don't want to lose that state of grace, but you are afraid of Once. Something you have read around the active rest, relax the rhythm for the body to return to its channel to an optimal state of recovery without stopping suddenly and losing the acquired shape. But how easy it is going to train telling you "today soft, don't accelerate, stop, don't pike" and end up giving more than you should Because you really feel good and you want to give it. On this few tips we can give you, self -control depends on yourself. What we can do is give you are tricks to make the most of that "retention of the desire" in the active rest sessions.

1. rehydration

It is vital Eliminate toxins that our body accumulates in cargo periods. For this it is necessary to put special emphasis on fluid intake. A formula is to drink 1.5 liters of water for each kilo lost after training. If you complement this with mineral salts much better, in addition to eliminating toxins you will be Reponating electrolytes.

2. Be careful with running

Depending on your status or level of demand perhaps the best way to recover, after a competition or load period, either simply walk. Remember that it is to gradually reduce the effort, The impact of the race can be too aggressive. Other options can be cycling (soft) or elliptical.

3. Slow but not worth it

It is true that the important thing here is intensity, reduce it to a comfortable point in which the muscles recover while exercising. But this does not mean that we can roll long runs at low pace, here muscle degradation is equally severe, so we would not be gaining anything.

4. stretch

Ok, this advice is obvious, but when performing a little intensity exercise we can believe that we do not need to stretch. Error, you always have to stretch, especially if what we want is to regenerate our muscle and make it stronger and resistant.

5. GLOCGOGEN REPLACEMENT

You may think "I will lower the intake of hydrates, since I will rise weight by reducing intensity." On the contrary, we need to feed the muscles with glycogen and nutrients so that they can recover and make that The effort of previous weeks is consolidated. It is also advisable to consume Muscle recuperators that provide a good balance between hydrates, proteins and amino acids that help in recovery.