Building HEALTHY Muscle
Tips
1. To maintain healthy joints and muscles – which you need, especially if you’re trying to build lean, athletic muscle – you need to be stretching. I spend 15 minutes after every workout stretching my full body, but especially focusing on the muscles I have just worked in my session.
2. Omega-3 Fatty Acids are also great for maintaining joint health.
3. Why after a workout and not before?
You NEED your muscles to be warm, that’s why you should be stretching after and not before. If you stretch before a workout, even before a run, when your muscle are cold, you risk injuring yourself, and eve tearing your muscle, tendons and ligaments slightly before you begin your workout which will just compound the tears.