This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 2625, The Art of Active Rest by Harold Gibbons with

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this episode. No, we're just getting started. So let's get right to today's post and optimize your

life. The Art of Active Rest by Harold Gibbons with markfisher fitness.com. It's time to train. You're ready to get strong. You're ready to get lean. It's your

hotness and you want it now. Grab a kettlebell, swing it, squat it, row it, and then set it down

when it's time to rest. But you don't want to rest. You want to move. You want to burn.

You want to sweat. It's your hotness and you want it now, right? Relax, pumpkin. It's not coming that

fast. In fact, if you're not resting during your workout, you might be slowing yourself down.

You see, rest is an integral part of the process. There's an art

to when and how you do it. Most of what we do in our journey of health, hotness, and happiness

is about matching our behaviors to our goals. So today, we're going to talk about the importance

of recovery during the workout. Why do we rest?

If resting between workouts is about pulling off the highway to eat, sleep, and shower before

your journey continues, then rest between sets is about pulling into the rest stop to shake

out your legs, run around the car, and top off your tank. It's all about energy systems. At the moment,

Fitnessland agrees that metabolic resistance training, or MRT, is the best tool for creating

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