Week 2 – How to Reduce Muscle Soreness
Remember how sore you were after your first workout in a long time?
That’s how Mary felt after coming to 4 classes her first week in the Small Group Boot Camp. It was mentally tough to stay committed, but she absolutely crush her process goal of working out consistently!
At the end of her last workout, I asked Mary how she was feeling.
One word…”sore.”
She elaborated that she actually liked the even soreness throughout her whole body but was wondering how she could speed up the recovery.
Since the program is designed to work each muscle group in the body at least twice a week, I expected her to be a little sore everywhere. This unique detail, of exercising each muscle more frequently, is why clients get better results in our Small Group Boot Camp than doing random workouts where some muscle groups get missed.
But without proper recovery even the best training program won’t deliver results.
So this is what I told her to help speed up the recovery:
- Move daily and do light stretching
- Meet your daily protein goal
- Hydrate daily with at least 64 ounces of water
These three daily tips are a must do to optimize recovery, but Mary didn’t know what her protein goal should be so I told her to book a nutrition coaching session.
After working with over 350 clients, we’ve learned that those who review their nutrition with us and make a few small changes, reach their goal 2-3x faster. Just 1 nutrition coaching session could be the only difference between getting some results and AMAZING results.
A few days passed and I didn’t see Mary’s name on the nutrition appointment calendar, so I sent her a follow-up reminder text.
5 minutes later Mary booked her nutrition session 💪
Check out next week’s update to see what nutrition changes Mary needs to make to target fat loss and tone up.
