Does your workout just end with a shower? What you do after your workout is equally important as your workout if you’re after results.

Here are 3 reasons why you need a post workout routine now:

1. Reduce muscle soreness

If you’re into working out several days a week, you’d better stretch out those muscles after your workout to relax them and reduce their soreness. Doing so also helps improve your flexibility and mobility. Follow up with a cool shower to ease the tension in your muscles and encourage healing.

2. Replenish what you’ve lost

During a workout, you typically lose water, muscle fiber, electrolytes such as potassium, magnesium, calcium and sodium, and also water soluble vitamins such as Vitamin B1, B2, B6 and C.

Tropic Tone Up is not only a tasty way to hydrate yourself and replenish the water you’ve lost, it’s also got great super fruits that help you replenish the nutrients you’ve lost.

Here are some of the key ingredients and the nutrients they contain:

• Beetroot: Potassium, Vitamin C
• Mango: Potassium, Magnesium, Vitamin B, Vitamin C
• Papaya: Potassium, Magnesium, Vitamin C
• Pineapple: Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Vitamin B, Vitamin C
• Passionfruit: Potassium, Vitamin C

3. Maintain energy levels

Eat a healthy snack or meal within 45 minutes after finishing your workout to replenish your energy and kickstart post workout recovery. Include healthy carbs that help recharge your energy levels and protein to help repair and rebuild muscles. Nuts and seeds, eggs, yogurt with fruits are just some things that come to mind.