What should you do after a competition? Here is what we recommend!
Everything you should do starts the night of the competition. Make sure you get plenty of food in your system and plenty of protein. You’re not going to want to eat but you need to eat because of all the work your body just did. The next day you also need to make sure you’re getting plenty of food and protein in your system. Also, you’re going to be really sore the next morning but do everything you can to keep moving. The night after the competition take an epsom salt bath to help your muscles and nerves. The morning after make sure you’re moving, maybe a slow hike, simple stretches, whatever you can do to get the soreness out. You need to also make sure you’re drinking plenty of water the day before and day of the comp and getting electrolytes in your system.
| Night before | Eat a good dinner with lots of protein and drink lots of water. This will help you have energy for the competition. |
| Day of | Make sure you eat a good breakfast. Drink lots of water and electrolytes. Have good snacks to eat during competition. |
| Day after | Make sure to move around, walk, slow hike, something to work the soreness out. Eat good food to help your body recover. Drink lots of water and electrolytes! |
Your CNS, Central Nervous System, is going to be shot after the competition. Make sure you take your time before going full speed on the class workouts. You need to take your time going back up to your weights or your difficulties in workouts. Try and take Monday as a nice and easy day and do something super simple and easy. If you’re doing the class workout on Monday only do 35% effort, super light weights, maybe even a pvc pipe, just go super duper easy. On Tuesday workout at 50% effort basically like you did on the Thursday before the competition. On Wednesday workout at a 70% effort, bringing the intensity up a little more and starting to up the weights more. Thursday is when you can go back to normal or 100% effort in workouts.
| Monday | 35% effort during workout. Light weights, PVC pipe, super easy |
| Tuesday | 50% effort during workout. Similar to the Thursday before the comp style of working out. |
| Wednesday | 70% effort during workout. A little more intensity, heavier weights, almost back to normal. |
| Thursday | 100% effort during workout. Back to normal weights and intensity. |
Make sure not to push it too hard when you go back to working out after the competition and take your time. You need to get back moving ASAP to get the soreness out. It’s better to move and work out the soreness than to sit around and not do anything because it will help you feel better and recover better.
