Recovery without laziness?

ekr2107

Hi everyone, I have a question about muscle recovery I'm hoping you can help me out with!

Yesterday I had my first wadaiko practice for the first time in three months. Wadaiko is a very active type of Japanese drumming that includes dance-like movements. It's very high-energy and very taxing on the whole body, ESPECIALLY when you're out of shape like me!

My quads, biceps, and forearms are especially sore. I rolled out my legs this morning with my foam roller and that definitely helped, but sitting at my desk all day at work (of course I get up now and then) has NOT.

I know I need to let myself recover so it doesn't lead to injury, but I want to burn some more calories today if I can. What kind of gentle aerobic exercise can someone do when they are very sore? Should I just take the night off? Any help/suggestions are much appreciated!

jmvmisc24

yoga is good because it stretches the muscles. a thirty minute walk wouldn't be to bad either.

Helloitsdan

Take the night off but keep up with the stretching!
Also have you ever thought about taking a BCAA supplement?
It helps with recovery.

ekr2107

I've not heard of BCAA supplements, but after looking them up, I'm not sure I can get my hands on them where I live (Japan). Is there a similar food alternative that you recommend?

addisondisease

BCAA (Basic Chain Amino Acids) are found in the foods we eat. There are only a few that you can't get from diet if i remember correctly.

There is this website called www.amazon.com they will send you pretty much anything, you should try it out.

Helloitsdan

Plenty of red meat in japan!
Great source of BCAAs are meat or any type of high protein food.
The perk of having it in a liquid form is faster amino recovery to damaged muscle.
I only take it because I train fasted.