The same thing happens to your body with exercise. If you just keep pushing on the gas, but never release the brakes you end up worn out and not making any progress.
So what are the brakes on your body? It could any of the following or a combination of these; too much exercise, poor or limited muscular range of motion, lack of proper recovery, poor nutrition, high stress levels, and sleep deprivation.
Unfortunately, if you're not seeing the results you want your natural instinct is to workout more intensely, more often, and focus more (if not obsess) over everything you eat and every little detail. However, this is seldom ever the real problem. What we find is that when someone is spinning their tires we just need to get back to the basics.
The basics we are referring to are:
- 4 workouts per week (2 strength, 2 metabolic)
- protein at each meal
- fruit or vegetable at each meal
- limit starches to only breakfast and two hour after completing your workout
- recovery shake immediately following your workout
- and, STOP trying to push harder and count every calorie and every nutrient that is going into your body.
