Muscle soreness (also known as delayed onset muscle soreness or “DOMS”) is something we can all relate to. The sore legs and various other sore muscles we experience after a hard workout can be an uncomfortable feeling. Although this is perfectly normal, sore muscles becomes a problem when it interferes with your muscle recovery. If your muscle soreness after a workout sticks around until your next workout, this is going to negatively impact your workout AND further interfere with the muscle recovery process. Thus, it’s essential that you optimize your muscle recovery after a workout in order to minimize muscle soreness – and no, ice baths or stretching after a workout won’t help! In this video I’ll go over 4 science-backed tips to enhance muscle recovery and provide fast muscle soreness relief. I’ll discuss the topics of foam rolling, active recovery (cool downs) and various supplements that have been shown to relieve muscle soreness and enhance muscle recovery.
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Omega-3:
Caffeine:
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Song 1 = Lakey Inspired – “Going Up”
Song 2 = Lakey Inspired – “Better Days”
What muscles experience the most soreness for you? Comment below! Hope you guys enjoyed the video, studies are all linked in the description. Don’t forget to give me a follow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jayethierfit/ ) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Jeremyethierfit/ ) as well, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you again everyone for all your support! Cheers!
Jeremy, thank you for uploading this video, the information is great! Do you realize what you are actually doing here? You are utilizing the soleus muscle and the nerves in the feet as a pump. This is brilliant because it helps clear out the residual (“stuck”) glycogen. I applied this same principle during my Type 2 Diabetes regeneration using specific massage techniques. (Due to my heart condition, I achieve this via “Thixotropy” and vibration therapy using F-note singing bowls)
Hundred milligrams of caffeine is impossible I do that when I wake up and I do that before bed but I also have a heart attack every night
I don’t trust a lot of fitness influencers on here because most of them lie But when you back points up with research it makes me really trust you The video was very helpful
My abs are hurting after my first schedule