Totally depleted glycogen stores last night doing pump and then jam - woah. The feeling you get when you know your body is burning fat, is truly amazing, quite hard at the time but you know it is doing you good.
Recovery day today - let the body completely recover from the "stress" placed on the body in the last 3 days with two full body weight workouts, bodycombat class, bodyjam class and balance.
To ensure the rest of my training this week is beneficial I need to recover to allow my muscles and liver to restore the expended fuel, need to replaced those electrolytes lost in sweat and I need to boost the immune system to handle the "damage" and challenges caused by the exercise sessions. Manufacturing new muscle protein, red blood cells and other cellular components as part of the repair and adaptation process.
To improve, to get stronger, to reduce body fat and produce lean muscle recovery day is just as important as the workouts completed.
Fuelling recovery day. Now as I am not an elite athlete competing in races or training 2-3 times a day I don't need to load/refuel as much - but still a good day to increase nutrients into the diet and replace fluids etc. The key vitamins I top up with include vitamins C and E, glutamine, zinc and echinacea. And of course not forgetting key amino acids (glutamine).
The intriguing thing is that I do feel my immune system lower than normal today and I think this is where most people think oh I need a few days off the gym.... a good solid day break, good food, fluids and rest and back into it tomorrow.
I have a few new friends on facebook - they are all sculpter and builders from the US... they are such motivation. Check out Diana's link to the left... her and her partner Micah.. brilliant.
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