As you make your way through your workout program, one thing that you need to be taking into account is the amount of recovery that you’re seeing between sessions.

If you want to see optimal results from your workout, it’s going to be imperative that you’re seeing a good rate of recovery between each and every session that you do.  If you don’t and go back into the gym before you have fully recovered, you’re just going to end up breaking your tissues down further and moving away from your goals rather than closer towards them.

That said, there are things that you can do to help improve your recovery. If you’re serious about achieving the type of results that you dream of, you need to be doing everything you can to maximize recovery.

Let’s take a look at a few of the top recovery strategies that you can begin to utilize.

Hot Baths

The first recovery strategy to consider is taking a nice hot bath.  Hot baths are great because not only are they going to relax the body, but they’re going to help to increase the blood circulation throughout the cells as well.

This can help to bring more nutrients and oxygen to the muscle tissues, improving the repair process.

In addition to that, most people find that a hot bath will really help to ease the tension in your muscles, so this can really go a long way towards helping to reduce post-workout muscle soreness.

BCAA

The largest percentage of amino acids in muscle tissue is composed of branched-chain amino acids, so it should be little surprise how effective supplementing with BCAAs are for sparing the muscles from being cannibalized for energy. For those with some extra spending money, taking BCAAs before, during and after will definitely provide recovery and repair to your sore and aching muscles.

Stretching

The third method that you can use to help boost your recovery is stretching.  Stretching is another great technique for reducing post-workout soreness and can also put you into a calmer state.

Stretching should be performed daily for best results as it’s something that you have to do daily for it to be effective.

Make sure that you hold each stretch that you perform for at least 30 seconds for best results.

Stretching is best performed after your workout not before.

The good news is that stretching increases flexibility as well, which will help you perform better in the workout sessions each day.

Foam Rolling

Foam rolling is the next type of recovery technique that is starting to get more and more popular among many different people.

Foam rolling is where you will place the sore and tense muscle body over top of a cylindrical piece of foam and then gently roll it back and forth over it.

As you do this you should feel some deep pressure building up and then the muscle easing and relaxing as you go.

Note that this may be slightly painful at first, but as you work into it, you’ll feel any knots in the muscle relaxing and eventually start to feel much better overall.

So there you have a few great techniques that will help you get back into the gym sooner again after each workout that you complete.  Make sure you try one or two of them for yourself.