11/26/2025
Great advice from our friend at Coconuts and Kettlebells
Coconuts and Kettlebells
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A friendly reminder that youโre not โbehindโ if you take an extra rest day (or week).
Workouts are stress. Great stress, helpful stressโbut still stress. When you exercise, your body produces cortisol and initiates the stress response. The magic only happens if you can recover from it.
So if youโre burnt out, drained, or living in a season of chronic stress, forcing the issue isnโt gritโฆ itโs gasoline on a fire. Sleep is always the better choice when youโre running on empty.
Yes, exercise is one of the most effective tools for preventing and reversing modern disease. It improves metabolic health, inflammatory markers, detoxification, and cardiovascular health. It decreases your chance of experiencing cancer, Alzheimerโs, and dementia. It improves balance, bone density, and reduces chronic pain as you age.
But, more is not inherently better.
Your capacity is individual. When life stress is high, your recovery needs go up: more rest, more food, more sleep.
Eating right after your workout and sleeping is what reduces cortisol and allows you to recover, make gains, and come back stronger. Skip those pieces, and cortisol runs the showโฆ usually straight into fatigue, inflammation, and injury.
Resting isnโt losing progress. Itโs pressing pause so your body can cash in on the work youโve already done. Take what you need and return with more in the tank. ๐
A friendly reminder that youโre not โbehindโ if you take an extra rest day (or week).
Workouts are stress. Great stress, helpful stressโbut still stress. When you exercise, your body produces cortisol and initiates the stress response. The magic only happens if you can recover from it.
So if youโre burnt out, drained, or living in a season of chronic stress, forcing the issue isnโt gritโฆ itโs gasoline on a fire. Sleep is always the better choice when youโre running on empty.
Yes, exercise is one of the most effective tools for preventing and reversing modern disease. It improves metabolic health, inflammatory markers, detoxification, and cardiovascular health. It decreases your chance of experiencing cancer, Alzheimerโs, and dementia. It improves balance, bone density, and reduces chronic pain as you age.
But, more is not inherently better.
Your capacity is individual. When life stress is high, your recovery needs go up: more rest, more food, more sleep.
Eating right after your workout and sleeping is what reduces cortisol and allows you to recover, make gains, and come back stronger. Skip those pieces, and cortisol runs the showโฆ usually straight into fatigue, inflammation, and injury.
Resting isnโt losing progress. Itโs pressing pause so your body can cash in on the work youโve already done. Take what you need and return with more in the tank. ๐
