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Afternoon all.

After a epic weekend of running and riding my body is a mess and i can hardly walk. Any good advise on how to help your body recover?

Thanks

Matt

Bath, bottle of wine and briget jones

Wine? Rum, try rum - always works for me

Gentle exercise, walk about a bit etc.

And the rum?

Why is the Rum always gone ?

lol

Warn down with gentle stretching if you have really been battering it. Ibuprofen if all else fails or Volterol Gel and plenty of fluids. Cold water is best to reduce muscle ache, but you'd have to fill a wheeli bin with water and jump in, or in the bath.

Ice packs on any really bad areas this might be a bit over kill but the rest and ice bits defiantly work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RICE_(medicine)

Eat more meat protein will speed up the muscle recovery time
Maltodextrin supplement before bed
Done

Milk....pint of after riding.

Don't mess about, just get into an icy bath for a few minutes.

Ouch..no thanks

Cant beat jumping in hot tub when I'm in Morzine, or a hot bath will suffice.

Andy

I think I will start with the rum. Lol

Now that the damage is done try to eat a good source of protein, drink lots of water, hot and cold during the shower and massages.

If you have a very physical routine a mix of protein, creatine and glutamine will give you an extra boost of stamina, feed your muscles and recover the cells much quicker.

If all that crap is too much for you, you can also buy all-in-one protein, you just need to blend it with some liquid and drink.