What should I do after I exercise?
When you are done with your exercise program, there is a process that you can follow where you are really going to gain even more benefit. For example, you've just finished weight lifting and you are at the health club. You should cool down for a few minutes on an exercise bike, or treadmill, or something of that nature. After that, you can do some passive stretching. You would want to do more of an active stretch before exercising to make the muscle ready to do the activity, whereas after the work out, you could do more of passive stretch because your muscles are not going to have a demand place upon on them. Then when you are done with that, make sure that you drink enough water: 8 to 16oz, in order to help flush out your system. Then, within 15 minutes, have something to eat that has a little higher carbohydrate or sugar content, just a bit. This is because you are going to raise your sugar back up, but only with a small amount of food. Then about 15 to 20 minutes later, you can have a balanced meal with proteins, fats and carbohydrate to help stabilize your blood sugar through out the rest of the day.
