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Guide to Recovery: Methods and Supplements After Your Workout

Marc Bjørnholt
Guide to Recovery: Methods and Supplements After Your Workout

You’ve finished your workout, but instead of feeling energized, you’re sore, tired, and ready to crash. Sound familiar?

Recovery is just as important as training, and if you’re not supporting your body properly after exercise, progress can stall.

In this blog post, we will teach you how to regain your energy as well as prevent and treat body aches after your workout.

Stretching Before and After

Always remember to stretch out before and after your workout. This is because it helps relieve pain, increase blood flow, prevent injury and reduce muscle tension and stiffness.

Even a few minutes of light dynamic stretches before and static stretches after your session can make a big difference in how your body feels the next day.

Nutrition

If you want to rebuild muscles, restore energy, and bounce back stronger, your body needs the right mix of nutrients within a few hours after exercising. That's why you need to consider what you eat before start you workout to receive optimal results.

This is why it matters:

Muscle Repair & Growth: Consuming 20–40 g of high-quality protein post-workout boosts muscle protein synthesis, essential for repair and strength gain.

Glycogen Replenishment: Exercise depletes muscle glycogen—the fuel your muscles use during activity. Pairing protein with complex carbohydrates helps your body refill those stores quicker.

Inflammation Support: Nutrients like omega‑3s and antioxidants (found in foods like fish, berries, spinach) can help reduce inflammation and soreness.

Consider eating greek yoghurt, cottage cheese together with fruit or eggs, lean meat and whole grain toast or potatoes. For plant-based solutions, foods like lentils, quinoa, beans, nuts, or seeds offer protein plus fiber and micronutrients.

Useful Supplements

Consider using Cordyva for increased energy. The supplement is formulated with Cordyceps militaris to support circulation and oxygen delivery. When you combine the energy-inducing supplement with good nutrition and good training habits, you achieve can feel optimally energized, so you feel fresh and ready for your next exercise.

And if you're having pain in specific muscle areas, you should use the pain-relief cream Proflexa, which provides immediate pain relief in specific spots, so that you continue effortlessly with your workout the next day. This is especially useful for knees, shoulders, or lower back discomfort after training.

When you combine all of the elements like good nutrition, recovery habits, and the right supplements, you will reduce soreness, train harder, feel stronger, and recover faster.

Sources

https://www.insidetracker.com/a/articles/how-does-protein-help-with-workout-recovery

https://www.realsimple.com/high-protein-snacks-keep-you-energized-longer-than-granola-bar-11761162

https://extension.sdstate.edu/benefits-stretching#:~:text=Health%20Benefits,is%20beneficial%20for%20all%20individuals

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