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Fitness Tips
by Ron Khawar


Ron Khawar is head of Getting Fit Personal Training, which offers customized, personal fitness training in the Orange County Area. Whether you want to shed those excess pounds of body fat, or are looking to have a complete body makeover, Getting Fit Personal Training can help. They are offering a complimentary, no-obligation personal session to each Grand Prix player. Visit www.getfitorangecounty.com for complete details and more about the program.
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Relieving Muscle Soreness
Are you one of the many that experiences severe muscle soreness after working out or playing sports? Well, that is a common problem. There are several things a person can do to help relieve muscle soreness. First, make sure you get adequate sleep and rest so your body can repair itself. Second, you must consume an adequate diet of healthy, balanced foods to feed your body. Your muscles need protein to recover quickly. So, make sure you are ingesting plenty of high quality protein. Third, there must be some rest period between working specific muscles. You can not work the same muscles without resting them. Fourth, stretching your muscles helps keep them flexible and allieviates much of the lactic acid that is within the muscles after a tough workout, thus reducing muscle soreness. Fifth, take an epson salt bath and or get a massage. These remedies definately reduce muscle soreness. And sixth, you can take glutamine, an amino acid supplement that drastically reduces muscle soreness. If you use these remedies for muscle soreness, your soreness will definately be minimized.