IMPROVING CORTISOL LEVELS FOR PEAK RECOVERY
If we want the best levels of recovery possible after workouts, exercise, or any performance sports, to continue gaining, not losing, and to be able to either relax or focus easily and when we need to, then we need to look at our cortisol levels.
Cortisol is one of the most important hormones in our body.
It's the hormone that wakes us up in the morning, that starts the healing process in our body after any injury or workout, and that provides us with energy and mental focus when we're running low.
But when cortisol levels go too high, it becomes something else.
It can cause muscle loss and prevent muscle gain, cause fat storage and prevent fat loss even when we're exercising, cause low energy levels, cause us to feel stressed, prevent relaxation and cause poor sleep, and even slow or prevent healing and recovery.
If you have trouble with any of the above, it's likely that higher than normal cortisol levels play a part, something very common in society today.
So let’s dive in and see what cortisol is, how it works and how we can balance our levels.