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How do you recover optimally from training? Training puts a certain amount of stress on your body. Your muscles get tired from all the lunges, and the bones get loaded with heavy weights during deadlifts. The skin from your hands may get damaged from pull-ups, while all the jumps may beat your tendons. Does that sound scary? It's actually EXACTLY what triggers your muscles, bones and tendons to get stronger! However, they do need to be able to recover, and recovery is impacted by many things, like how well you sleep, how well you manage daily life stress, genetic factors and your nutrition – including supplements. Today, we will examine how pre- and post-workout meals can help improve recovery and performance. To do that, we need a quick primer on how nutrition influences recovery.

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How often should you train and how do you prevent overtraining? Two common questions that are not easily answered. In some training programs, you may train twice a week. In others you train daily. Some focus specifically on ‘how to get stronger’ where others focus on overall fitness and health. To some extent, training more often allows for more progress, but what if you train too much? What could be signs that you’re overtraining?

Workout supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. Pills, powders and even meal replacements with wild claims about fat loss, building muscle, having more energy throughout the day and much more. They vary from pre-workout supplements that supposedly give you more energy during a workout, to protein supplements to build more muscle. Some supplements are supposed to keep you healthy while others like creatine and caffeine can help with sports performance! Or can they?

I encounter all sorts of people when coaching. They often have their career, relationship, hobbies and much more that need their attention, but once they have a child, they are faced with an extra challenge: The sleep deprivation of new parents. We all know that sports can be great for health, but how do you set up a postnatal fitness plan for yourself? Do you need a special ‘mommy fit’ program or can you train as normal? Do we need a young dad support group for those having trouble with not getting their regular, uninterrupted 8 hours of sleep?

Life happens. Whether it's due to the demands of parenting, the grind of academic life, or the general chaos that we all experience, maintaining a regular workout routine can be challenging. For those who were once regulars at the gym but have fallen out of the habit, getting back into fitness might seem daunting. But fear not! Getting fit again is entirely achievable, and it doesn't require drastic measures or extreme diets. Instead, let's dive into a few suggestions on how you can ease back into fitness and make long-term, sustainable changes.