![]() Two thousand calories a day is the number that usually gets tossed around, but everyone is so different, and if you’re looking to get stronger-or lose weight, although I really urge you to first stop and really think about why you want to do that and if it’s actually necessary or worth it or a healthy goal for you specifically to have-you should take the time to figure out how much you should eat every day in order to do it. And, frankly, “enough” is probably more than you think. But six days of heavy weights and intense intervals every week is too much, and I probably would have gotten stronger faster if I had stuck to just four (maybe five) days a week and given my body the time it needed to recover in between.Īn important note on the whole “you get stronger by lifting a lot and resting enough” thing I mentioned above: In order for it to work, you also need to eat enough. The workouts last only an hour, including the warm-up, and working out for six hours a week didn’t seem all that excessive to me. I often went six days a week because it was all so new and fun. I stuck to that same schedule when I started CrossFit. Before CrossFit, I would go to the gym five or six times a week, alternating between cardio machines and cardio-based classes. Yep, you actually get stronger while you rest. ![]() Second, your muscles repair themselves and in the process get gradually stronger while you rest. The thing about getting stronger is that two really important things need to happen in order for it to work: First, you force your muscles to work hard (by lifting weights, doing bodyweight resistance training, etc.) so that your muscle fibers tear. You’ll need to take more rest days than you want to. ![]()
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