How do you feel after finishing an exercise? Want to sit down? Lay down? Curl up in the corner? We know the feeling! However, if you want to get more out of your workout, the best thing you can do is to keep moving.

Standing or sitting around can cause what we call blood pooling, which is where the blood starts to congregate in your lower body making you feel dizzy or faint. You can avoid this by moving around in between sets.

Studies have shown that individuals who move around in between sets rather than sitting down are actually able to perform better on the next weight lifting set.

Health Tips

The human body needs certain things to survive and sustain itself and protein is a crucial part of a healthy body. The RDA for protein is .8 gram per kilogram of body weight (.36 g per pound). This is for sedentary people. Active people require more protein in their sports nutrition regimen.

Endurance athletes need 1.2-1.4 g/kg (.55-.64/lb). Strength athletes need 1.4-1.8 g/kg (.64-.81/lb). You can safely eat 2 g/kg (1 g/lb), but more than that is unlikely to be absorbed and utilized, though this varies with the individual.

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