🛌 Why Rest Days Are When You Actually Get Stronger

PLUS: If You’re Always Sore, You’re Probably Underperforming

AuthorAuthor

Michael Pender & Ryan Engel
August 06, 2025

Welcome to your modern fitness daily news report! Every weekday, we break down the trending fitness news, tips, and insider scoops to keep you informed. Each read will be under 3 minutes so that you can stay shredded and thumb through no-nonsense fit-quips. Thanks for reading!

TODAY’S LEVEL UP:

  • Coach’s Corner: Why Rest Days Are When You Get Stronger

  • Recovery Reminder: If you’re always sore, you’re probably underperforming

  • Question from Our Readers: Should I work out if I’m still sore from my last session?

  • Fit Trivia: Which 80s fitness film featured a neon-lit gym, a dramatic love triangle, and a non-stop montage of high-intensity aerobics?

Why Rest Days Are When You Get Stronger

Here’s something that feels backwards—but is 100% true:

Your muscles grow when you’re recovering, not when you’re lifting.

Training creates the stimulus.

Recovery creates the adaptation.

If you’re not resting enough, you’re:

  • Interrupting muscle repair

  • Lowering testosterone

  • Elevating stress hormones

  • Increasing injury risk

Train hard. Recover harder. That’s how men over 40 stay jacked and pain-free.

FROM RYAN’S DESK

Confidence isn’t something you fake—it’s something you earn. Through sweat. Through sacrifice. Through stacking wins when no one’s watching. Want to feel like a king? Put in the work like one.

Recovery Reminder:

If You’re Always Sore, You’re Probably Underperforming

Soreness is not a badge of honor.

If you’re constantly sore, chances are you’re:

  • Not eating enough

  • Not sleeping enough

  • Not spacing out your lifts smartly

Aim to feel ready for each session—not wrecked from the last one.

Question from Our Readers:

“Should I work out if I’m still sore from my last session?”

– Eli, 50, from New York

If you’re lightly sore—yes. Just warm up well and keep your form tight.

If you’re deeply sore and struggling with mobility, take a rest day or do active recovery (walking, stretching, mobility work).

Remember: 

Progress doesn’t come from crushing yourself. It comes from stacking recoverable workouts.

Fit Trivia: Which 80s fitness film featured a neon-lit gym, a dramatic love triangle, and a non-stop montage of high-intensity aerobics?

Answer: Perfect (1985)! Starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis, Perfect captured the flashy, pulse-pounding world of 80s gym culture—complete with dance cardio, romantic drama, and some of the most intense pelvic-thrusting scenes ever filmed in Lycra. Truly iconic.

Ryan Engel, Intl. Fat Loss Coach

Ryan is a leading fitness coach and one of the most known professionals in the space.

He specializes in Body Recomposition and visual body aesthetics and has reached millions worldwide with his powerful messaging. He brings a unique, non-nonsense, yet sophisticated approach to body change.

EXCLUSIVE DEALS FOR OUR READERS

Our Partners:

3M Coaching: Offering Free Consultations for Limited Time Only

__

Publisher: Ryan Engel

Editor: Michael Pender

📧 Need to reach Modern Fitness News?

Get in touch by responding to this email or sending a message directly to our chief editor at [email protected]. We are always on the hunt for good stories!