Get ready to revolutionize your training program with Optimal Muscle Recovery. You know that it takes hard work and dedication to achieve peak physical performance. But all too often, your efforts are rewarded with sore, fatigued muscles that just aren’t up to the challenge of strenuous exercise. Now, in this landmark book, sports scientist Dr. Edmund Burke will show you how to get the most out of your workouts by taking advantage of the one factor that athletes consistently neglect-recovery. Because your muscles adapt to exercise and grow stronger in the interval between exercise sessions, your ability to perform at a high level day after day is limited by how well your body recovers and repairs muscle tissues after strenuous training. The key to maximizing recovery is to consume the right nutrients in the right proportions to ensure your muscles’ health and to improve performance. The breakthrough R4 System provides athletes with simple, practical guidelines to achieve this goal.
Based on the latest research on muscle performance and recovery, the R4 System goes beyond enhancing performance with sports drinks and energy bars. It highlights the importance of energy replacement during and after exercise to extend endurance, and focuses on minimizing and repairing exercise-induced muscle damage to help you build and maintain muscle strength. In addition, this remarkable nutritional regimen pinpoints specific measures that can help you boost your immune system, which is often weakened by exercise stress.
The R4 System is an innovative approach to training. By using nutrition to aid your body’s building and repair processes, you’ll reach levels of performance that you never thought possible. The secret is in knowing what the right nutrients are. With Optimal Muscle Recovery in hand, that secret can be yours.

About the Author
Edmund R. Burke, PhD, is a professor and Director of the Exercise Science Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He received his doctorate in Exercise Physiology from Ohio State University, and his master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from Ball State University. He is also a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, for which he has also served as Vice President.