Active Recovery and Why You Should Do It

Have you ever gone to the gym and seen someone perform a series of reps of an exercise and then stand around, texting, chatting or starring in the mirror for few minutes before doing another set. This is called passive recovery. Powerlifters and body builders are use this form of recovery. I suggest you ask yourself if you want to bulk up or loose weight and tone?

If you want to get toned and lose weight quickly, you should not use a passive recover. You should be doing what is called “active” recovery for your rest breaks. Using this type of recovery also allows you to get more out of you hour that you have in the gym.  As the name implies, you are active between sets instead of resting. Incorporating active recoveries into your workouts will burn extra calories, and improve your cardiovascular strength.

Active recovery doesn’t have to be complicated you can do sit ups, jumping jacks, high knees, mountain climbers, squat jacks or try running in the spot. Above is an example of  a spider jump (it’s one of my favourites.)

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