Fitness
5 Ways to 'Heal the Hurt' of a Heavy Workout
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While it’s great to ‘go hard’ in your exercise routine, it’s not as much fun to be so stiff and sore the next day that you can hardly get out of bed.
Some athletes and fitness fanatics actually enjoy the ‘pain’ - knowing it means they are getting fitter, harder, stronger - but is it really a case of ‘no pain, no gain’? And is there anything you can do to minimize or prevent post workout muscle soreness?
A 2007 study published in the The Journal of Pain found that moderate doses of caffeine, roughly equivalent to two cups of coffee, cut post-workout muscle pain by up to 48 percent.
Exercise induced gut disorders such as 'leaky gut syndrome' and associated diarrhoea are common in runners and can significantly compromise performance. New research shows that athletes who ingest dairy colostrum experience a marked decrease in gut permeability (leaky gut syndrome).
Tart cherries may play a role in reducing muscle damage caused by exercise, helping athletes to recover more quickly after vigorous workouts.
