Rest is necessary when it comes to achieving perfect muscle development. On many occasions we have commented how good it is to let the muscles rest after doing an activity. But for many people the rest does not enter into their plans, so in this post we want to stop in another type of rest, known as active rest.
Stretching, muscle overload, fatigue … are some of the symptoms of intense training and lack of rest in many cases. It is therefore good to include rest periods in our routine. To leave a day in between or two to rest is necessary: but to rest does not mean to sit at home doing nothing. We will defend active rest, which will help us to be on the move while we recover.
Keep the blood flow active to recover before
Many times in Vitonica we have commented that it is very good for exercises to lower intensity exercise, because increasing blood circulation accelerates muscle recovery. This is precisely the active rest, to continue activating our body, only to a lesser intensity than usual.
Decrease intensity, one of the maxims of active rest
For many people the active rest consists of training another muscle group different from the one worked the previous day, that is, if we work legs, the next day we will work chest. For many people this is rest, but the reality is that it is not, since the intensity of training is the same. One of the main maxims of active rest is to decrease the intensity .
To perform an active rest in conditions is ideal to change activity and, as we said before, to decrease the intensity of exercise. For example, going for a brisk walk instead of practicing is a good way to actively practice rest. The same can be done with the bicycle, that is, to take a leisurely walk without looking for marks or anything like that. What we must pursue is to remain active.
Active rest improves muscle recovery
As we said at the beginning of the post, the active rest will keep our blood flow accelerated, thus improving muscle recovery. In addition, with an active rest we will eliminate toxins accumulated by the stress suffered when we exercise. In this way, when recovering the habitual state of the muscles we will be able to obtain that they yield more and better when returning to train of habitual way.
Active rest as part of the routine
That is why it is very important that active rest enter into our training plans. Knowing to plan it throughout the week and leave one or two days to recover in this way is a good alternative that we should not ignore. The same thing that from time to time it is good that we reserve a week to rest actively and thus we can recover again to start topping with new marks and objectives.
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