A bagel will help your muscles recover, but you'll bounce back even quicker by washing it down with a cup of coffee (or three).

Overdo it and the damage can become so substantial that days or weeks can be lost while the muscle recovers.

And every muscle and joint in his body would have recovered perfectly, as always.

Then the athlete tapers off, reducing the training to allow the muscles to recover from the stress.

Creatine is thought to improve strength, increase lean muscle mass, and help the muscles recover more quickly during exercise.

'But it will be months before the abdominal muscles recover from the intrusion.'

His muscles were recovering some of their strength, but he remained limp and apparently helpless.

Professional athletes are known to plunge themselves into an ice bath to help muscles recover.

They are typically used to help fatigued muscles recover from a weight-training workout.

This allows muscles to recover before they become overly fatigued and lose their ability to protect the body from injury.