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WEEK 2 Train – Rest and Recovery
Key points:
- The importance of rest days
- Your body will not have chance to recover properly
- You won’t make progress on the programme!
- Working out creates a stimulus for change but rest is required for that change to happen.
- DOMS
- Not an indicator of a good workout
- Some people get very sore muscles after exercising, some don’t (aka the lucky ones!)
- Don’t worry about it but make sure you are challenging yourself with correct form, tempo, rest periods and enough weight (See: WEEK 1 Train – Getting started in the gym)
- Increasing weight (not always possible)
- Do increase if you can do so safely
- During low calories, strength gain is difficult
- Gaining strength is not the #1 priority
- Adding extra exercise
- It is possible but will affect results
- For best results stick the programme the way it’s written
- Eat back extra calories burned for extra exercise (anything more than 4 workouts per week)
- Anything that you would count as a “workout” is classes as extra exercise – things like walking to the shops or walking the dog don’t count 🙂
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