![]() Stretching: It’s important to dedicate time to this post exercise. Science has proven that actual sleep is when our bodies recover from the physical and mental demands of hard training. Our muscles need this to get enter the recovery process and get stronger. Rest:Now we are talking about actual rest, and by that we mean sleep people. So, what are some of the things we can do to ensure we’re not ignoring the art of recovery and thus, get the most out of bodies during our next workout? That by going hard every workout, in the long run, we’ll overtax our bodies and eventually breakdown. Zahabi’s notion is beautiful in its simplicity – intense workouts have their place, but not every day. The harder we exercise, the more time we need to dedicate to recovery. We have to recognise that results take longer than we think, and that the intensity of our workouts doesn’t then equal intense benefits to our bodies. The concept is how much volume can you expose your athlete to without breaking their body down before the competition. Meaning by the end of the year, I have trained much more than you.” “Why is it better to be consistent? Well, if I train every day without breaking my body down and you train three days a week super hard, by the end of the week, I have much more hours of practise than you. ![]() They train long, consistent practices, whereas the Americans train Monday, Wednesday, Friday hard! They kill themselves in those practices and then rest Tuesday, Thursday.” “The Russians are the Michael Jordans of the sport, and what’s more, there are so many of them. Zahabi uses the example of one of the most dominant Olympic programs of all time – the Russian Wrestling program. Meaning, getting high performance out of the human body for the longest possible time. What Zahabi is trying to illuminate to us, is the concept of consistency over intensity. Insert confused face emoji here? Not to fear though folks. Even the person who is doing their first workout ever! Outside of competition, we should never wake up sore or tight from our training.” When you train, you should wake up the next day feeling GOOD! This applies to everyone. Not so says elite Mixed Martial Arts Trainer Firas Zahabi. That by doing this, their mind is stronger and that will translate into increased performance on the day. However, it’s a false suggestion that based on this, somehow the individual will perform better during the actual event because they’ve squeezed in an extra training session. Ignoring the signals can often be seen as a badge of honour. In order to get stronger, we have to allow an adequate time for the repair process.Īthletes training for an event, through sheer will power alone, can often ignore the messages their bodies are sending them and try to squeeze in another training session that week, rather than rest. The problem is, most of us don’t understand this is a two-stage process – the workout + the recovery. ![]() Whether we’re running, doing a hit workout or lifting weights, during exercise we breakdown our muscles so they repair stronger. That to get better at a sport, or to enhance our personal fitness, we need to expose our body to stresses. We know that to get gains there must be pains. ![]()
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