Overtraining - Slow Muscle Recovery (3 SECOND TEST!!)

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Maximize your recovery and see your fastest muscle gains here… http://athleanx.com/x/best-results-ever-in-90-days Overtraining is a very real thing and can show up in the form of under recovery, particularly over the course of a training cycle. The ironic thing about it is that most people who do succumb to it are doing what they think they should be doing to get results, only to find that by not allowing for maximum muscle recovery they are compromising their gains. In this video, I show you a quick simple test that you can do at home using a bathroom scale to get a better idea of how you are recovering from your workouts and whether or not you are heading down the road to overtraining. Grip strength has been shown to be reflective of the status of your central nervous system as it relates to muscle output. When you are tapped out and overdrawn, you will find that your grip strength weakens. You have likely experienced this first hand. Ever wake up in the middle of the night and try to make a fist? If not, try it. You’ll see that you just don’t have enough strength to make a very tightly clenched fist. This is due mostly to the diminished excitement of the nervous system compared to when you are in a wakened state. That said, if you were to test your grip strength during a similar time of the waking day you would start to get some insight into your CNS health over the course of time. If you combine these findings with an honest assessment of your performance in t

Published 2016-03-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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