Suffering an injury or illness can be disheartening and frustrating. This is especially the case if you’re forced to scale back on training or take a seat on the sidelines while letting your body heal.

In this episode of Q&A with Adee Cazayoux, founder of Working Against Gravity, Adee answers more specific nutritional questions about the importance of pre- and post-workout nutrition, hydration and accuracy of counting macros.

With Team WAG’s March Goal being focused on sleep, we wanted to share some more in depth information as to why getting quality shut eye really is so important.

“Aim for 7-8 hours of shuteye each night,” a statement we’ve heard our entire lives. Yet for many of us, actually getting that much sleep is more like a fairytale than reality.

As we all know, recovery is an important component to every training program and vital to ensuring we’re giving our muscles and minds ample time to rejuvenate and repair.

You spend a majority of your time in the gym pushing your body and testing its limits. Eventually you will find that limit and your body will fight back. What differentiates a player from a champion is how you deal with injuries.