Weight Loss - Rest

You must ensure that your weight loss program is successful. Eat right, strength train and cardio right? Well yes, but there is another aspect that is equally important as those three, and It is rest, and this is why…

Most people think they are building muscle when they are in the gym. You pump some iron and your muscles look big right? Well in fact, you are doing the opposite,you are breaking down muscle. The reason the muscles look big at the time is because they are full of blood, it’s called “pump”. You are really ripping and tearing your muscles during your workouts, that’s why you are sore the next day. So when are you building muscle? Actually its while you are asleep and resting the next day. When you lift you use the protein in your muscles, so when you are done you need to replenish them with proper nutrients and let them rest so they can rebuild. This process begins right after your workouts with a proper meal and continues with proper sleep that night and rest the next day. There is some research that suggests that your muscles are not fully recovered for up to 72 hrs after a hard strength training routine. This does not mean you have to wait 3 days between lifting, but hitting the iron hard again the next day will mean that your muscles have not returned to the state they were in before the last workout. So if you break them down some more the next day it will take them that much longer to get back to normal, then longer to build up from the original starting point two days ago. You can avoid some of this by doing split routines (different body parts on different days) but if you do total body workouts and you train everyday you are actually doing more harm then good. I’d recommend at least one day of rest between total body workouts.

With cardio, the thought process of most people is they have to get in their fat burning zone (it is usually marked in BIG letters on your elliptical!!!) so they can shed those extra pounds. Well, sorry to disappoint, but you burn very little fat while exercising. It is the increase in metabolism caused by the exercise that will last through the day and into the night that is burning the fat. Again diet plays a vital role with this as the proper meal post workout will help your metabolism stay up longer so you can burn more fat. This sounds counter productive but it is true, you need to eat and rest to reach your goals of weight loss.

Too much strength training and cardio can lead to what is known in the biz as “over training”. Over training is when your body does not get enough rest and all progress with strength gains ,weight loss, and cardio-vascular endurance will cease. This is because your body likes a state of balance and if you throw its balance off too often (like training 7days a week) your body will fight back by basically, shutting down. More is not better when it comes to training. You need a balance of the four aspects of fitness. Strength training, cardio, proper nutrition and rest are the keys to the success that you seek.

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