Whenever we’re able to race again, we’ll want to be ready to perform. Which is where this latest advice from the master of protein, Dr Stuart Phillips of McMaster University in Canada, comes in.
Phillips recently came up with his ‘home essentials’ to preserve muscle mass during quarantine. The first is that you must undertake anabolic exercise, which builds muscle, rather than catabolic, like long endurance sessions, that breaks down muscle. So resistance sessions are vital… but not too much: “A minimal, but frequent, volume of resistance exercise is an effective countermeasure against muscle atrophy,” writes Phillips.
You should also mix in sessions that include both cardio, like a 1hr run, and bodyweight exercises, such as press-ups, tricep dips and core work. A little extra high-quality protein with good leucine…
