Building lean, solid muscle is a 24-hour job…and 23 of those hours consist of post-workout recovery.

In other words, your work is NOT done when you leave the gym!

Newsflash, buddy: your muscles don’t grow when you exercise them. In fact, by causing small microtears and creating a buildup of lactic acid, exercising actually makes your muscles temporarily weaker.

It’s only after your workout, during the recovery phase, that your muscles respond to the stress of working out and grow bigger and stronger.

So how do you maximize muscle recovery? [Read more…]