Inflammation Part 2
Following on from my previous post about Inflammation, but more importantly internal Inflammation and how we can manage and identify these markers…In this Blog I wanted to touch on EXTERNAL Inflammation
In this PART 2 I wanted to show you how to identify EXTERNAL inflammation and what we can do to reduce and correct the bodies response back to homeostatic level
This is a personal blog and what I want to share with you is my own findings and what I DID to improve
Below are Pictures I took this morning, Yep this morning… My initial thoughts were Inflammation, my body looks like a squidgy mess of turd. In the space of 5 days I had accumulated a ton of fatigue in my physique, scale weight flew up and generally felt tired.
TOP 8/12/20
BOTTOM 3/12/20
I wanted to outline below what I will be doing to combat this EXTERNAL Inflammatory response and help you recognise the causes and after care if for whatever reason you feel and look shit… We have to adapt to our surroundings not make changes prior to any physical changes
REST
If I see this response from a client I would 99.9% say rest 1-2 days of complete rest, not tracking steps or calories give the body time to heal and correct the physical look of Inflammation back to homeostasis (normal bodily function) . When undertaking any transformation or change to the body we must work with the body not against it. The body will always win, so we have to be clever. By resting we are signalling to the body REGAIN HOMEOSTATIS in which hormones will regulate, weight stabilise and physical appearance brought to the norm
2. EAT!!!
I use times off to refuel the body and re charge glycogen. On my set 1-2 rest days I will include a cheat meal for the last meal of the evening particularly the day before a training day. We can see the body is tired and looks soft this down to dehydration particularly lack of electrolytes and glycogen within the muscle. This tells me 3 things EAT REST HYDRATE. I will spend the day hydrating sufficiently with a balanced Electrolyte mix of sodium, potassium and chloride making sure I eat and drink sufficient amounts to re establish hydration in the muscle cells and PH of the body thus giving me a fuller, brighter and less squidgy physique
3. SUPPLEMENTATION
Particularly Magnesium. A mineral I swear by for general health and performance. I would take 400-500mg daily but I will increase dose to 600-700mg daily whilst i uptake my 2 days rest and re-establish my physical look. Magnesium will aid in muscle contractions and aid the reduction in oxidative stress caused by training, work, cardio whatever your daily stress may come from. Other supplements I will be increasing is Glutathione and Turmeric both have incredibly good anti-Inflammatory response and aid in cleansing and aiding the oxidative repair from our everyday stressors
Once I have addressed the first 3 I will make a decision on the next line of defence but as bodybuilders and fitness enthusiast we wont be resting, only Lockdown keeps us away and after implementing the above I will be fighting fit and ready to smash through the next block of training