We don’t want to see you breaking a sweat every day of the week. No, we’re not April fooling you. If you want to make gains, you should build in rest days and active recovery into your workout routine. Without a little bit of both, overtraining can actually set you back by leaving you perpetually sore and fatigued. It can even lead to injury. So what’s the difference between a rest day and active recovery, and when should you deploy them? Let’s get into it.
February 2023
How to Fall in Love With Your Workouts All Over Again
Are you finding that your excitement for your next workout session is doing a whole lot of waning and not enough waxing? Or maybe you have an on-again-off-again relationship with your workout routine and are looking for ways to make it more stable. Like any relationship, the one you have with hitting the gym will need work from time to time. The month of love feels like a good time to recommit yourself to that journey!
It’s that time of year again when many of us make a New Year’s resolution, then let it fall by the wayside a short while later. You can break that cycle by making fitness part of your routine. We know it’s not easy to establish a routine and stay motivated to stick to it week in and week out, but it’s not easy to get results out of your workouts without it either. We’re human, after all, so developing a fitness routine is as physical as it is mental.
November has arrived, which means we’re just a few weeks away from the holiday whirlwind between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. There are gifts to buy, decorations to hang, meals to make, trips to take, parties to attend and people to see. While the holidays connect us with family and friends, the time between putting the turkey in the oven and waking up in the new year can also feel like a marathon-long sprint that could get in the way of your actual sprints.