Post-workout mistakes keeping you from losing weight ..
Exercise has many benefits as we all know and maybe the most important benefit is losing weight and keeping fit..
1-pre-workout stretching:
Stretching is good after work-out, not before..
And If you do it before exercise, you fail to prepare the muscles for the stress of the exercise,
but if you stretch for 15 mins after your work-out,
your muscles will have much better time to recover.
2- being inactive:
Of course your body needs to rest after exercise but try staying active in many ways,
go for a walk for example, and avoid tasks that require sitting in one place for a long time,
or try to do them standing at least, this helps your muscles to go from an active to a resting state.
3- showing off:
Speaking of overdoing your work-out, sometimes you feel really buffed after exercise,
and the adrenaline of your body goes for a challenge and you do some extra lifting,
but the next day you feel like you are not able to go to the gym at all,
so avoid these situations. don’t be rushed,and keep it simple.
4- going for a cold shower:
Cold water is really great for your health,
but it doesn’t help your muscles to deal with the stress after training.
Your muscles need more blood to feed them with nutrients,
provide oxygen and get rid of waste, but cold water will immediately constrict blood vessels in your body,
and this will slow down the whole process.
Post-workout mistakes – rushing for a shower
5- rushing for a shower:
Just as your body needs to warm up before workout,
it also needs a proper cool down after, and it’s really easy to keep in check,
wait until your heart rates start to slow down to 90 beats or even below that point and then go to the shower.
6-not taking notes on your work-out experience:
Your performance will change with time, and you may notice
that your exercising course doesn’t do too much for you anymore, so just replace it with a different one.
Doing the same exercises over and over again in a gym is a bad decision,
your course should consist of several exercises, that replace each other from time to time..
7-copying someone’s exercising course:
Even if your friend was very good at exercising, his advice may not be helpful for you.. Don’t take someone’s advice, unless you see that you both have the same goal..
The course of bodybuilders won’t be good for those who want to lose weight,
curve out their bodies, or whatever trainers do at the gym.
8-not doing your own research:
Will your breakfast consist of ten eggs and a whole grilled chicken? Or will your lunch be a bunch of grain and a green apple.
Should you start doing lifting or yoga?
I think you’ve got the difference.
There is no single way to exercise properly, so you should choose your own ways.
Post-workout mistakes – taking painkillers after work-out
9-taking painkillers after work-out:
Popping pills after work-out is totally wrong for your health,
each inflammatory or pain relieving pill will delay the restoration of muscles by about 7 hours.
so It’s true that you won’t feel pain but you will also
hinder your training progress and put your health at risk..
10-antioxidants don’t help you recover:
After any kind of increased pressure,
your body experiences a so-called oxidative stress,
this process slows down the muscles recovery,
and some people take antioxidants to deal with that,
but later it turns out that this stress is very important/crusical for the body and to adapt to work-out. Eating fruit could be helpful to speed this process up
1-not taking a rest day:
Getting strong doesn’t mean to harm your body,
but actually your body needs some relief for one or two days a week,
but don’t make it a lazy day. just avoid hard physical exercises. You can go for stretching, or a long walk in an easy base. After that you will return to gym fresh and ready for more..
