Did the best thing for muscle building

Ok well in all my reading and research about getting in shape one thing I have learned is the correct way to continue to make progress towards but I will get into that a little later. Today was cardio x day with some abs thrown in for good measure. When I started the cardio x for some reason I felt like I was just going through the motions rather than giving it all I had like I have been doing on the other workouts but that quickly changes as I got to about the halfway point and was sweating pretty good. Once I was done it was time to move on to abs, I went with Bob Harper abs today and before it started I had decides that I was going to focus on getting my shoulders higher off the ground during the crunches and pulse moves and tried to keep my legs up higher during the lower body work. It paid off, I was feeling the workout for a good two hours after I had finished and I expect to be pretty sore in the mid section tomorrow. Speaking of sore, if you didn't read yesterday it was chest and back and I totally went after it and today was the proof, my chest and back are almost as sore as they have ever been I mean to the point that it hurt a little just to open doors, yet another worth it in my book. Tomorrow is shoulders and arms and I will be adding resistance to pretty much all the exercises tomorrow so I totally expect to have the same sore results come Saturday morning but I am sure the stretching will help it out. I am also planning on running a quick 5K (two laps around the neighborhood) after the workout since the smaller muscle groups that I will be working don't quite burn the same number of calories as the some of the other workouts. When I am done I will have my normal post workout stuff but I am going to make my protein shake with a little bit of almond milk to add some additional carbs post workout. (Someone told me it helps the muscles use the protein you are giving it better.)

As for doing the best thing for muscles, I have been reading and everything I read seems to say the same thing, when trying to build muscle the workout itself is has the smallest impact on how you develop. Think of the workout as the spark that starts the fire it is what happens after the workout that make the growth. In this case it is rest, it is a good idea to get plenty of sleep because that is when the body does the most muscle repair and building so if you don't give it enough time to repair you might not get the best results. The other aspect of rest is making sure you don't over work you muscle groups when you finish a workout you have broken down and torn muscle fibers, growth of muscle mass happens when the body repairs the muscle so if you work them out again too soo you are not giving them enough time to repair and grow.

That's my tip....uptil next time