Understanding Recovery

Training actually breaks our bodies down and then we have to recover to let our bodies adapt to the training stimulus and it is that adaptation that gives us a new and higher level of homeostasis (equalibrium).

To understand recovery we need to understand the principles of progressive overload. Training is planned and designed to progressively overload the body systems and fuel stores.

If the training stimulus is inadequate to overload the physiological system, then no adaptations will occur. On the other hand if the workload is too great (applied too quick or too often without adequate rest) then fatigue follows and performance will decline.

The training alone will not prodruce great results, you need time to adapt to the training stimulus. It is what we do to recover that determines how quickly we recover and ultimately how healthy we are and is a big piece of the performance puzzle.

There are some basics that NEED to be adhered to when it comes to optimal recovery. For those of you that are really committed to seeing what your potential may be then these basics coupled with other forms of recovery methods are MUST do practices with daily consistency.

When you consistently apply the recovery basics you will adapt to the physical and mental demands of training quicker allowing you to quickly hit that next key session, not doing the basics will quickly see you become under recovered resulting in higher chance of illness and injury.

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