Top 5 Powerful Strategies for Sustaining Fitness Resolutions

On Jan 26, 2025

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WDSU’s Weekend Wellness is committed to helping you become the healthiest version of you. This week, they’re focusing on New Year’s fitness resolutions and how to stay consistent. According to statistics, most Americans give up on fitness goals prematurely, often as a result of muscle soreness and fatigue. Incredibly, only one in five adults in the U.S. exercise daily.

Expert Tips on Sticking to Your New Year’s Fitness Resolutions

Expert Jim Lavalle, a clinical pharmacist and board-certified nutritionist, shares valuable tips on how you can stick with your New Year’s fitness plans. It all begins with the nutrients you consume, which aid in recovery. According to Lavalle, drinking beet juice is one tip that could prove extremely helpful.

“Consuming beet juice improves your blood flow to all your arteries, muscles, and tissues because it increases nitric oxide. This helps your blood dilate and carry oxygen deep into your tissues. Dr. Karen Reed’s recent study revealed that when individuals consumed aged garlic extract, they experienced better recovery from soreness, and their lactate threshold improved, enhancing their resiliency to exercise,” explains Lavalle.

Other Beneficial Tips for Muscle Recovery

In addition to beet juice and aged garlic, Lavalle also recommends caffeine as a potent aid in muscle recovery. “Drinking a caffeine-rich drink like coffee or green tea can reduce delayed onset muscle soreness by almost 50 percent,” says Lavalle.

Other tips for faster recovery after a workout include taking probiotics, getting massages, soaking in an epsom salt bath, and ensuring adequate sleep.