The Importance of Recovery

"Rest: Without rest you can not and will not recover. Your body has a finite amount of resources available. If you don’t give yourself time to recharge, when you are not further breaking down muscle tissues and depleting glycogen and glucose stores, you will eventually crash – first by plateauing, and then by actually seeing a decrease in your performance. Practically this means take at least 1 day off of training every week – the more you train, and the longer you have been training, the more you can train every week – but you always need some rest. Rest does not need to be sitting on the couch doing nothing. Active rest is actually superior for recovery. Go for a hike, play pick up basketball, do some skill work, find something active and fun. Fun is essential here – mental and emotional fatigue can be as detrimental to your performance as physical fatigue."

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