Athletes who stay sore need eight hours of sleep, at least three meals and two snacks daily, and structured recovery days with heat therapy and foam rolling. Sleep triggers muscle repair, food fuels growth, and consistent recovery routines prepare your body for the next week.
If you are always sore as an athlete, here are 3 things you can change. Number 1, get at least 8 hours of sleep. Sleep is where your body recovers the most. Your body sends out these little repair workers to repair your muscle to allow you to recover faster and better. Number 2 is get at least 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. A lot of athletes who are sore, they just don't have enough material for their body to build the muscle back bigger and stronger. And so if you are very sore all the time, you're probably not eating enough food. And then number 3, treat your recovery days just like a training day in the sense of have a routine, get heat in, roll out, stretch. Make sure you're doing what your body needs in order to feel fresh and good for the next week coming up.
