What to Avoid After Running: Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes

When you run, you subject your body to intense training stimulus. Your muscles are challenged, the joints work harder, and your brain is in overdrive, because you have to concentrate on every step. As soon as you’ve finished your workout, a very important phase starts: recovery. Now your body compensates for the stress it was subjected to in order to move to the next performance level.

· Mistake #1: You skip the cool down phase

· Mistake #2: You don’t rehydrate

· Mistake #3: You don’t refill your glycogen stores

· Mistake #4: You eat everything in sight after the run

· Mistake #5: You never give your body a break

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