5 Essential Oils Perfect For After The Gym

After your strenuous workouts, your body has lost carbohydrates, burned hundreds of calories, and torn muscles. Hence, in order to make the most out of your efforts and see lasting results in your body, consider the after workout cool-down to be as important as the work-out itself. The following are 5 essential oils perfect for that cooling off period after the gym.

 

Marjoram

Marjoram’s essential oil is an athlete’s favorite. It can cure nearly all type of spasms including strains and sprains. It reduces the aches and pain produced after exercise, detoxifies, and it is perfect for a bath or a great massage after workout. It prevents stiffness and pain on your muscles and joints, and relieves fatigue. Marjoram oil has a relaxing, calming effect on the mind and body.

 

Peppermint Oil

This is an intense, refreshing, and powerful oil with countless benefits. It can be an excellent complement for an athlete, since it can promote a healthy diet, soothe sore muscles, and provide clarity and mental focus.

Peppermint oil helps control cravings and reduces appetite while providing critical nutrients such as vitamin A and C, along with many minerals such as magnesium, iron, manganese, potassium, calcium, and copper. It also contains the crucial omega-3 fatty acids.

Peppermint oil also provides relief to stressed and stiff muscles. It has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties that relieve pain and calm cramps and spasms. It also stimulates circulation which boosts our energy and gives us better vascular health, making you less susceptible to heart disease.

Applying this oil as a spot treatment, will produce a soothing warm feeling to muscles and joints, the results are quick and effective.

 

Sandalwood

Sandalwood’s essential oil has, among other properties, an anti-inflammatory property that calms and relaxes your body, helping to reduce or stop spasms and cramps. A few drops can soothe your sore muscles and it even helps scar tissue heal. Sandalwood oil has a sedative and tonic use. It stimulates your power of concentration and improves your memory so you don’t have to stop your day after work-out.

 

Melaleuca

Anyone who has tried putting a few drops of Melaleuca’s essential oil in a tub of water can attest to the extraordinary sensation it causes in our body. Its powerful and penetrating components have proven to heal many skin illnesses, such as athlete’s foot. But, it is also helpful for aches like the ones produced when muscles are extremely sore. A bath or massage with this oil will produce a pleasant tingling sensation that makes your tight muscles relax and your entire body rest and recover until the next work-out.

 

Helichrysum

Helichrysum’s essential oil has strong components that stimulate the production of new cells in our body. It works repairing and giving overall growth to our body. It relaxes tissue, eases tension and soothes tired, aching joints. It enhances body’s balance energy and mental focus.

 

Conclusion

With essential oils your post work-out can be as engaging and satisfying as your actual work-out. Remember the better you recover after your exercise, the more rewarding your next work-out will be.

Angelica Figueroa works as a personal trainer at her local gym when not writing. For cases where essential oils prove ineffective and her male clients just can’t seem to get their energy levels up, she often refers these clients to Rejuve Health Clinics. You can find more examples of her work and more about her at Google+.

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