What are DOMS? You whisper as you drag yourself across the floor.
DOMS stands for Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness,the soreness you feel around 24 hours after exercise which is caused by the damage you do to your muscles when you exercise and your bodies efforts in repairing and adapting to the torturous workout you put it through!
There are a few ways in which you can make this more bearable the first being what you eat!
Certain foods have an natural anti inflammatory affect such as sweet potato,broccoli, black cherries and fish containing omega 3 such as salmon,spices like ginger and turmeric and even olive oil!
Remember to try and get some protein in your trap after a workout to kick start the recovery process!
Blending fruits helps your body digest it faster and gets those all important vitamins to where they are needed the most! Pineapple will also help you digest protein faster, not quite so effective in a pina colada!
Massage will increase your blood flow and help you recover faster by increasing the transport of nutrients and the removal of waste products.If you can't afford to splash out on Andre's magic hands then the next best thing is to foam roll,you may of seen some brightly coloured,giant tampon looking things tucked away in the corner of your gym, you will use this to find and roll those knots out of your muscles!
A good nights rest. Your body does most of it's repair and growth when we are sleeping!
Hot and cold,no not the hit single by international songstress Katy Perry! Cold after exercise is great for reducing inflammation before it properly sets in where as heating muscles that are sore will relax your them and increase blood flow.
Compression gear,really tight clothing tee shirts,shorts,tights etc etc works by increasing your blood flow and the fancy ones even come with pads that can heat or cool your poor,weary muscles.
I personally hunt for DOMS,they give me the feeling that I have had a really great,intense,workout and the harder you push yourself the harder it is get to get DOMS once your body has adapted to your workout!
There are a few ways in which you can make this more bearable the first being what you eat!
Certain foods have an natural anti inflammatory affect such as sweet potato,broccoli, black cherries and fish containing omega 3 such as salmon,spices like ginger and turmeric and even olive oil!
Remember to try and get some protein in your trap after a workout to kick start the recovery process!
Blending fruits helps your body digest it faster and gets those all important vitamins to where they are needed the most! Pineapple will also help you digest protein faster, not quite so effective in a pina colada!
Massage will increase your blood flow and help you recover faster by increasing the transport of nutrients and the removal of waste products.If you can't afford to splash out on Andre's magic hands then the next best thing is to foam roll,you may of seen some brightly coloured,giant tampon looking things tucked away in the corner of your gym, you will use this to find and roll those knots out of your muscles!
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| foam rolling my hamstrings |
Hot and cold,no not the hit single by international songstress Katy Perry! Cold after exercise is great for reducing inflammation before it properly sets in where as heating muscles that are sore will relax your them and increase blood flow.
Compression gear,really tight clothing tee shirts,shorts,tights etc etc works by increasing your blood flow and the fancy ones even come with pads that can heat or cool your poor,weary muscles.
I personally hunt for DOMS,they give me the feeling that I have had a really great,intense,workout and the harder you push yourself the harder it is get to get DOMS once your body has adapted to your workout!
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