Muscle Recovery after Lifting Heavy Weight
Posted in: Training
In a nutshell, successful (and efficient) mass building involves 3 things only:
- Training
- Eating
- Resting
…each in sufficient amounts.
Naturally, you know you need to rest in order for the muscles to recover. You know that without rest, if you work the muscles again you’ll only break them down even more, and their growth will be stifled.
Also, without sufficient rest, the muscle won’t recover to be able to perform optimally next time, and you may find yourself lifting ever-decreasing amounts – and then you are overtraining. And when you over-train you lose strength and muscle rapidly!
To avoid this, you need to give your muscles every opportunity to recover. You need to avoid all physical activity, conserve calories, eat enough, and eat at the right times.
Eating at the right times is very important to muscle recovery. Your post-workout meal is the most important meal of the day (some would have it, even more important than breakfast.)
Think about it, you’ve put your body through so much trauma, your muscles are fatigued, broken down, and begging to recover. They lack nutrients and will begin catabolism (breaking down) if you don’t get some quick nutrients in.
The nutrients in question are sufficient amounts of carbohydrates and fast-absorbing protein (whey, egg, milk, fish, etc.) The sooner you can get them in your system, the less catabolism will take place and the quicker you help your muscles to recover.
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