How Not to Over-Train and Stick to Your Workout… Injury Free!
Why do we over-train? This process may sound familiar to many of you: Feel discontent with something about your body (size, shape, ability, performance, etc) Set an ambitious workout schedule to quickly make the changes you want to see Work out. Like a lot. Really hard. Endorphines churning and muscles burning. It’s happening. I’m tired. Why does my knee hurt? What’s this clicking in my shoulder? I need to take a few days off, this is too much. Forget it. That goal wasn’t realistic anyway. My body just can’t do that
What to do When Stretching Doesn’t Help
Sometimes Tight Muscles Need Strength Instead Muscles are tight for a reason. They are not tight because they hate you and want you to fail, or because they want you to be in pain. Your body is your devoted partner in this life and everything it does, it does because it believes that it’s helping you. So why do muscles get tight, since it is so clearly unpleasant and painful? Why do some muscles seem to be impervious to stretching? Even if they relax for a few blissful moments, not long after
