Fit for February: How Bottoms Up can Optimize your Work Out Routine
What Happens to Your Body When You Work Out and How Recovery at Bottoms Up Tanning & Wellness Helps You Get Better Results
When you work out, you’re doing more than just burning calories. You’re creating powerful changes inside your body. From muscle fibers breaking down to inflammation kicking in, exercise is only half the equation. The real progress happens during recovery.
At Bottoms Up Tanning & Wellness in Vacaville, CA, we help bridge the gap between hard work and real results with advanced recovery services like our Everest Cryobuilt Cryotherapy machine and Red Light Therapy Sauna. Together, these therapies support faster recovery, reduced soreness, and improved overall performance whether you’re a seasoned athlete or just getting started on your fitness journey.
What Happens to Your Body When You Work Out
During exercise, your body goes through several key processes.
Muscle fibers experience micro-tears, especially during strength training
Inflammation increases as your body responds to physical stress
Lactic acid builds up, contributing to soreness and fatigue
Your nervous system is activated, increasing heart rate and stress hormones
Energy stores are depleted, requiring proper recovery to restore balance
This stress is necessary. It’s how your body gets stronger. But without proper recovery, those benefits can stall or even reverse.
Why Recovery Is Just as Important as the Workout
Recovery is when your body repairs, rebuilds, and adapts. Skipping recovery can lead to prolonged muscle soreness, increased injury risk, fatigue and burnout, and slower progress or plateaus. That’s where professional recovery services come in, helping your body heal efficiently so you can train harder, feel better, and stay consistent!
Cryotherapy After a Workout with Everest Cryobuilt Cryotherapy
One of the most effective post-workout recovery tools available today is whole-body cryotherapy. Bottoms Up features the Everest Cryobuilt Cryotherapy machine, known for its precision cooling and safety.
What Is Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy exposes your body to ultra-cold temperatures for a short period of time. This controlled cold triggers a natural physiological response that supports healing and recovery.
Benefits of Cryotherapy After Exercise
Using cryotherapy after a workout can help reduce muscle inflammation and swelling seen after intense training, decrease delayed onset muscle soreness, improve circulation as blood rushes back to tissues post-session, speed up muscle recovery so you can train again sooner, support joint and tendon health, and boost energy and mental clarity. Athletes love cryotherapy because it helps the body recover without added stress. No ice baths and no downtime.
Red Light Therapy Sauna for Recovery from the Inside Out
While cryotherapy focuses on cooling and inflammation control, Red Light Therapy Sauna sessions support recovery at the cellular level.
How Red Light Therapy Helps After Working Out
Red and near-infrared light penetrate deep into muscles and tissues, helping to increase circulation and oxygen delivery, stimulate cellular repair and regeneration, reduce muscle stiffness and joint pain, promote relaxation and stress reduction, and support skin health and collagen production. The sauna environment also encourages gentle detoxification and muscle relaxation, making it ideal after strength training or endurance workouts.
Cryotherapy vs Red Light Therapy or Both
These two therapies work best together.
Cryotherapy is best immediately after intense workouts, targets inflammation and soreness, and feels energizing and invigorating.
Red Light Therapy Sauna is ideal for muscle repair, relaxation, and long-term recovery. It enhances healing at the cellular level and delivers a calming, restorative experience.
Many Bottoms Up clients in Vacaville choose to rotate or combine both services to maximize recovery and overall wellness.
Make Recovery Part of Your Fitness Routine at Bottoms Up Tanning & Wellness
If you’re investing time and energy into working out, your recovery routine should match that effort. Adding cryotherapy and red light therapy into your weekly schedule can help you recover faster, train more consistently, reduce pain and soreness, improve performance and results, and feel better in your body overall. At Bottoms Up Tanning & Wellness in Vacaville, CA, we’re proud to offer advanced recovery solutions designed to support your fitness, wellness, and lifestyle goals.
Whether you’re hitting the gym, training for an event, or simply prioritizing your health, recovery matters. Visit Bottoms Up Tanning & Wellness in Vacaville, CA to experience Everest Cryobuilt Cryotherapy and our Red Light Therapy Sauna and give your body the recovery it deserves. Book your session today and feel the difference recovery can make.!