ARE YOU MAKING SURE TO PRIORITISE REST AND RECOVERY DAYS?

Under recovering can negatively affect your immune system and performance...

When you apply a stimulus to the muscle (granted you are using progressive overload) you will cause micro tears in the muscles and when they recover (with sufficient rest) they grow back stronger which results in muscle growth.

Without allowing the body to rest you may notice a decrease in performance, energy, strength and this may affect you immune system causing you to be more prone to sickness.

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I recommend having a minimum of 2 rest days per week. I like to break these up, Sunday and Thursday are usually my rest days because it works well with my program.

I have clients that train from 3-5 days and it all depends on what you can work within your lifestyle.

Here are a few things you can implement to get the most out of your training!

1. Minimum of 2 rest days per week - those rest days should be active recovery days, make sure you get your steps in whilst enjoying a day aways from the gym.

2. Eat enough food to fuel your performance (especially protein for muscle growth and repair)

3. Get MINIMUM 8 hours of sleep per night! The body repairs significantly through deep sleep!

4. Drink MINIMUM 2.5-3L of water per day! This does NOT include the water you drink at the gym. That water is just replenishing your depleted stores from sweating.

If you are not staying hydrated you can cause many health side affects (skin issues, fatigue, low energy bowl issues etc) and in the long term possible weight gain.

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Recovery is just as important as training itself! Training should always be partnered with recovery!!

Happy Resting <3