Fitness Tips

We’re working with some of the country’s top fitness experts to bring you the latest tips on how to incorporate amino acids into your daily exercise regimen. Whether you’re looking to improve the aging process, maintain a healthy/vegan lifestyle, maximize your athletic performance, or optimize your strength training, we have the information you’re looking for!

Applicable to all four lifestyles:

• Always be sure to train both sides of the body (left right, front back) to prevent muscle imbalance, which can lead to injury.
• Anytime you can avoid sitting down during an exercise the better, this will lead to more core/muscle recruitment and allow for a more efficient lift/movement.
• The easiest was to prevent injury is to do a proper foam roll and dynamic warm up pre lift and a good long stretch/foam roll post lift.
• In your car, set the rear view mirror to a position that the only way you can see out of it correctly is in a good tall correct posture.

Quality Aging:

• Optimum rest time between workouts for muscles is MINIMUM 24-28 hours to avoid injury and so forth.
• No workout should ever last more than 60-90 minutes because it ends up doing more harm than good. More info on that to come.

Vegans/Healthy Living:

• Optimum rest time between workouts for muscles is MINIMUM 24-28 hours to avoid injury and so forth.
• No workout should ever last more than 60-90 minutes because it ends up doing more harm than good. More info on that to come.
• Combining two movements is a great way to challenge your body and muscles. For example, doing a front squat into an over press (thruster).

Elite Athletes:

• When training for athletics/sports, be sure to train SPECIFICALLY for what you need to excel in or where your weaknesses lie.
• When training heavy, make sure to give yourself a full 2-3 minute rest between sets, especially in compound exercises such as dead lifts and squats.
• The most important parts to workouts are your warm up (pre-hab) and cool down (re-hab). Always be sure to devote part of your workout to those components.

Strength Training:

• When lifting/training, fewer rests between sets will increase calorie burn, longer rests with more intense heavier lift will build muscle strength quicker.
• Creating high-intensity intervals while lifting can help increase fat burn and muscle endurance.
• Core strength does not just come from surface “abs.” Your core is made up of glutes, lower back, obliques, hip flexors, and transverse abs, so you need to train ALL OF THEM. Not just your surface abdominals with lower back flexion.
• The core’s main job is to stabilize and resist rotation, so be sure to train it that way with planks, anti rotation exercises/movements, and stability patterns, not just flexion.