Soreness Vs. Pain: What Your Body Is Trying To Tell You
If you’re no stranger to the gym, you’re probably also no stranger to hobbling around with stiff, achy muscles on the days following an especially good workout. But if things are feeling a bit painful, you might be...
5 Tips for Muscle Soreness & Recovery
You wake up in the morning, ready to start the day, when suddenly you get hit by a wave of muscle pain. You walk around, wondering why, when suddenly you remember your workout the day before. You’re experiencing...
When Water Isn’t Enough: Post-Workout Drinks For Rehydration and Recovery
You’ve just finished an excellent workout and you worked up a sweat as a result. Now, it’s time to rehydrate and recover with the right post-workout drink! Yes, drinking water is one of the most important ways to...
The Best Muscle Recovery Foods
Your hardworking muscles could use some nutrition and fuel after all the work that you do in the gym! Here are the nutrients that your muscles need the most after a workout — and where you can get...
Is it a Leg Cramp or Something More?
Leg cramps (sometimes called charley horses) are sudden, involuntary muscle spasms that occur most commonly in the calves, feet and thighs. During a cramp, the muscles involuntarily seize up, leading to pain that can range in intensity from...
What’s Causing My Muscle Cramps?
There are few scenarios as frustrating or painful as being stopped in your tracks by a sharp muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, spasms, or “Charley horses” are involuntary and often painful contractions of the muscles. They can happen at...
Dehydration Causing Muscle Cramps? Here’s What To Do About It
You’re running your fastest time, cycling at your top speed, pushing yourself to the max during your heavy lift … then, seemingly out of nowhere, you get that painful and familiar sharp ache in your legs or your...