This is somewhat of a complete review of what’s been going on lately. When you workout hard it’s important to know how to recover, and come back stronger. One of the major parts of recovery is sleep, and we will talk about 3 major things you can do to sleep harder and longer. Also, I […]
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AAJ 022: Muscle soreness & how to eliminate it
Muscle soreness is just part of working out. Actually it’s just part of living. Assuming you’re living hard! 🙂 What happens is you work hard in the gym, or in some physical way, and you create micro tears in your muscles. These micro tears are small damages to the muscle that cause that still “sore” […]
Tailwind Nutrition: Post workout carbs… do you need them…
A few months back I had a friend tell me that I needed to try a product called Tailwind Nutrition. She said it was an endurance product, and that I should look at it even if I didn’t have any endurance events on my schedule in the near future. I immediately went to the Tailwind […]
AAJ 009: Workout / CrossFit Recovery
I’m not sure about you, but I used to always think of workout / CrossFit recovery as an afterthought. It was all about the workout! Well, that all changed when I started doing the competitive CrossFit training from Invictus. What I started realizing was that more was involved in CrossFit recovery than simply taking your […]
Progenex Cocoon Review – Start sleeping better tonight
Progenex is crushing it. They released Progenex Force, a solid pre-workout supplement, and now Progenex Cocoon, a nighttime recovery supplement. A nighttime recovery supplement might seem a little strange to you, but the truth is, you can beat your body down (day after day) in the gym, but all of your improvement comes during the […]
Soak Fitness Crystals for CrossFit Recovery
The Pursuit of Faster CrossFit Recovery Do you ever have those CrossFit workouts that make you super sore? The next morning you wake up and feel like you might be sore for a week… I sure do! In fact, it’s almost every heavy squat day for me. In my pursuit of faster CrossFit recovery (and […]