Topic: Muscle Recovery

[Mike Frost]

Hi fellow weightlifting friends...

Currently I'm using a Queensland Australian weightlifting program to help with my gains in the gym. Since I've started weightlifting I've had problems with my hamstring recovery after workouts. Seems like I could do an equal amount of overhead pressing as squatting but my hamstrings seem to take alot longer to properly recover. This had hindered my training a bit, I bought Glutamine and protein powder(usually I take no supplements) in the hopes it would help. I perform all squats ATG and train for low reps/sets and stritcly follow the Queensland weightlifting program.

Does anyone know the best way to recover faster? I've also been stretching more several series of stretches a day and have been using a natural muscle rub my girlfriend bought me, it warms up my hams but doesn't seem to do anything either. Any help would be greatly apprieciated, thank you very much.

PS: I'm not naive as to the correlation of pain post workouts, but my quads, calfs, abs, lower back recover quicker.

[dabrock]

Seems possible you have an imbalance and your hams are being stressed harder as they try to catch up. As an experiment, try stretching your quads only and see if that helps you the next day.

[Matt Erdman]

My lower back is the worst. I use a contrast shower just on that one spot. You could easily just have the water hit your hammies. I do 1 min C, 1 min H a few times and end with cold. Cold is your best friend for recovery. You could use cold pack also.

[Markus Demeglio]

Are you doing the intermediate or advanced routine?

[Mike Frost]

Thanks for the replys everyone. Markus, I'm doing the intermediate program.

[Mike Cook]

Post-exercise nutrition is important for muscle recovery.  It has something to do with the "insulin spike", which is something that I am not nearly smart enough to understand.  I never was good at science.  The easy way to do it is gatorade and some kind of power bar that has 10g or more of protein.  Make sure you have that within 45 minutes of finishing  your workout. 

Also, what is the Queensland Australian weightlifting program?

[Jack]

Hi,

I've had great succes with warm baths for relaxation and muscle recovery. Three half hour warm baths per week (at least) are your next best bet after a sauna. Get as far submerged as possible.  It helped greatly with overall stiffness and with a strained left shoulder.

All the best,

Sjaak

[Mike Frost]

Post-exercise nutrition is important for muscle recovery.  It has something to do with the "insulin spike", which is something that I am not nearly smart enough to understand.  I never was good at science.  The easy way to do it is gatorade and some kind of power bar that has 10g or more of protein.  Make sure you have that within 45 minutes of finishing  your workout. 

Also, what is the Queensland Australian weightlifting program?

Hi Mike, thanks for the feedback, along with everyone else. Its nice to here the different recovery options one has post-workout. Mike here's a link to the program and website of the Queensland Aussie program...http://www.qwa.org/default.asp