Welcome to The Electric Current Rundown podcast episode number 84.

And I’m your host, Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And what I’m going to be talking about in this episode includes a continuation of where I left off on the last episode on the topic for my girlfriend about horror books.

And then I’m going to talk about this based on an article I read that was titled Want to Reduce Soreness After a Workout?

Make Time for This Four Step Routine.

So, to continue on where I left off on the topic for my girlfriend on horror books, like in the last episode, I mentioned RL.

Stein and his teen themed horror books called Fear Street.

I used to read those in my teenage years.

But then also going even further back, I was reading Goosebumps as a child up to like about like 14 or 15 years old.

Yeah, I mean, I got to mention that too, since I mentioned the author RL.

Stein.

And I mean, especially around the 90s up to like the 2000s, those Goosebumps books were really popular amongst like young, like people, like children and even young teenagers.

Because that’s the target audience of those books.

And they even made a movie, a Goosebumps movie with Jack Black a few years ago, too.

And that actually was a pretty good movie.

I mean, hey, if I mean, if you’re seeing this and you’re like, well, I’m not going to read like horror books that were made for children or, or young, like young teens.

Yeah, I can understand that.

But hey, if you want to see what those books were kind of about, and you never really saw much, I mean, they were pretty popular, though.

I mean, odds are a lot of people are watching this, probably have at least heard of Goosebumps.

But I mean, well, I mean, if you want to have some nostalgia or if you never even heard of Goosebumps, if you’re like one of the people that haven’t, then maybe you should watch a movie with Jack Black, because that was a pretty good movie too.

But I am talking about books, horror books.

I mean, yeah, so like there’s those teen ones made by RL.

Stein, Fear Street, and then there was Goosebumps.

Like both those like series were pretty damn good.

Good content, good stories, especially for the age ranges they were made for.

But then on top of that, I got to add Stephen King.

And he’s like one of the most legendary horror book writers, and he’s not for kids or young teens or teenagers.

No.

Well, I mean, a lot of people that know anything about horror books, of course, have.

I mean, they know about Stephen King.

Like, I mean, there’s a lot of people that don’t even read horror books that still know the name at the least of Stephen King.

I mean, he’s one of the most legendary writers of this era.

I mean, actually, since I talk about politics sometimes, I’ve heard that Stephen King, as a person, is a little bit of a liberal.

I mean, I’m not definite about that, but I think he I think I heard that before.

But regardless, even if he is, I don’t care because clearly he’s written some really good horror books, like some of the most legendary ones.

I even turned them into, I mean, some of them into like serious movies, like The Shining, It, like The Clown Movie.

Yeah.

Originally written by Stephen King, one of the most legendary horror book writers of all time.

Like literally, I’m not even exaggerating.

And if you don’t know much about him and if you like horror books, you really should buy some Stephen King books because, like, I mean, in the horror book industry, that guy is like a pure legend.

Literally.

I mean, if you know about horror movies, I mean, of course, you know about The Shining and even it.

So, I mean, well, he’s the guy that wrote those things.

So if he’s if he wrote those things right there, then you know that he’s written a lot of good stuff throughout the years and decades.

A legend, literally.

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And then, OK, so now I’m going to switch topics, like I said.

And on this topic, yes, like I mentioned at the start of the episode, this is based on an article I read, and it was titled, Want to Reduce Soreness After a Workout.

Make Time for This Four Step Routine.

And I mean, to prevent myself from getting too long on my next episode, which is usually my episode that’s a little bit longer than this one, this one’s supposed to be like the shorter one.

I’m going to like have, I mean, half that four number into two rather than going just one.

So I’ll give you two of them right here.

Real quick, right here.

So, yeah, I mean, that is to refresh your memory and emphasize, that is on the topic of reducing soreness after a workout.

Do this four step routine if you want to reduce soreness after a workout.

So to get on those two ones, I’m going to say in this episode, the first one being cool down for 10 to 15 minutes after a workout.

By the way, I also want to start this whole topic off with the fact that this article was written by a woman like Olympian.

And yeah, I mean, like a lot of men like train a little differently, but I mean, that’s an Olympian.

So obviously she’s like, I mean, even female Olympians can be better than like weaker men, right?

I mean, that’s actually generally a fact.

I’m pretty sure, right?

But so like she knew what she was talking about.

And yeah, I mean, she actually started the article by saying that there was a time back in her past when she wasn’t really doing like focusing on her post workout.

And when she really started like making notes and like starting to realize the type of things that she was doing after the workouts, she realized that it really mattered.

Like the things that she started, I mean, once she created a routine and figuring out what was working, it really like made her like accelerate, excel in her capabilities as an Olympic level athlete.

So, I mean, for her to say these kinds of things, that means like, you got to listen to this kind of stuff.

I mean, she knows what she’s talking about.

But, okay, so like, I mean, okay, yeah, yeah.

The point number one out of four, this four step routine for post workouts is cool down for 10 to 15 minutes.

And it helps prevent dizziness and fatigue.

And what she was really referencing, I mean, some people may misunderstand what she meant by cool down.

Like, what does cool down mean?

Like, where are you gonna, I don’t know, like try to go in your car and turn the AC on, for instance?

Or maybe it’s winter time, are you gonna go outside and go into the cold air and relax in the cold?

No, she wasn’t really meaning that.

She meant like cool down the workout, like slow down a bit.

But like, I mean, really like finish off the workout with a slower paced, less intensive workout.

Um, which makes a lot of sense.

I mean, like at the height of the workout experience, you’re like really pushing those weights, you’re like going hard, hard, hard.

And like, see, that’s a problem.

That’s what she was pointing out too.

Like a lot of people, like they’ll like go through that hard workout at the end of their workout, and then they’ll just finish and like go back home and like act like it’s all over.

And actually, she even referenced the fact, and the article writer too was referencing the fact that the thing is that when you do a workout, your pump is blood, I mean, your heart is pumping blood into your muscles instead of your organs is sifting the blood flow into your muscles.

And that’s the whole point of this cool down process, because you got to let your body switch back to pumping the blood into your organs, rather than your muscles as it was happening during the height of your workout, when you’re doing really hard workout stuff.

So, I mean, that’s the whole point here.

Cooling down is not about temperature really, although it kind of is a little bit, because your body does cool down as it gets less intense in the workout experience.

But it’s not like artificial cooling like AC or winter temperatures, but more like you cool down your effort, but don’t just stop.

Don’t stop abruptly, like instead, like slow down, like do like bicycle type stuff at the gym, you know, those things.

I mean, I haven’t got to the gym in years, so I forget what they’re called, but people that go to the gym know what I’m talking about, and even people that don’t generally know what I’m talking about.

But, or you can even do a jog, like a light jog, I mean, a general jog, or even a speed walk.

Those are the types of things that you should be doing for like 10 to 15 minutes after your workout to help prevent dizziness and even fatigue.

And then, point number two, like of the four-step routine, post-workout in general, is try rolling out your muscles with a foam roller, and it might feel good.

I mean, in a gym, if you go to a gym, if you don’t know what the foam roller is, you could ask the staff, you can even buy your own foam roller on Amazon, like 10 to 15 bucks in America anyway, because the article is written by an American.

So in Canada, probably like 25 bucks, something like that.

But like, I mean, either way, like get a foam roller or at the gym.

If you go to a gym, try the foam roller.

I mean, that could actually help.

But I mean, she did or the article writer and the athlete herself mentioned that it might feel good.

So I mean, maybe buying it might not be the best idea because maybe it won’t feel good for you because apparently to some people, it feels good and to other people is meh.

It’s not like that great.

So then if it doesn’t feel like like such a great addition to your post-workout routine, then maybe you shouldn’t be doing it because it might not really be helping you personally.

But to some people, it actually is helpful.

So that’s why it’s a good point in this.

I mean, in these points.

But OK, so now that’s the end of episode number 84 with me, your host, Phil Defiance of The Electric Current Rundown.

And I just want to say that I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark pirates in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

Well, till next time, have a good one.