Cici Coleman Instagram – Why rest and recovery is as important as training
Do you find to hard to take a day off?
Feel guilty when you lay in?
Think napping is for lazy people?
Talk negatively to yourself if you miss a training session?
When you get an injury you panic with the thought that you’ll undo all of your progress?
Think you should train 7 days a week?
Let me quickly explain why rest and recovery is so important.
Each time you train you cause microtears in the muscle which need time to recover; this done over long periods of time without rest can cause injury. Injury means little or no training, meaning no stress relief, no endorphins so our mood drops & shite sleep because we haven’t used up enough energy in the day.
Trust me, you wanna try an avoid injury as much as possible because it’s so very boring. Listening to your body when it needs a night off is ultimate self love. If you have been training for a while and it has become a part of your lifestyle, you will not undo your progress by having an evening or weekend off.
And if you are exercising regularly, eating a balanced diet and feel like you have plateaud with your training, maybe you what you actually need is rest.
Rest doesn’t mean doing nothing, it can also mean foam rolling and yoga. 😉
You will not regret your rest but you will your injury.
@cici_onlinecoaching | Posted on 11/Jul/2024 17:19:21
