Recovery

Globally, fitness and training has exponentially exploded over the last couple of years, helped by social media, trends, and technology. It’s virtually impossible when looking at social media not to be ... Continue Reading

I grew up, strength-wise, when, “no pain, no gain” could be said without irony or ridicule. I came of age believing that more really was better, and that progress started where my comfort zone ended. Along ... Continue Reading

This article was co-authored by Dominic dos Remedios. If you’re hardcore about your training, you’ll be familiar with the concept of pushing yourself relentlessly and having feelings of guilt if you ... Continue Reading

There are two common problems when it comes to recovery and regeneration in training. The first is that it’s often overlooked in the overall training process, and the second is that the majority will try ... Continue Reading

Zhan zhuang, or standing meditation exercise, has been used as a method of relaxation and health cultivation for thousands of years. The earliest known reference to standing appears in The Yellow Emperor’s ... Continue Reading

Work and recovery go together to give adaptation. Adaptation is the sole reason for working out. Whether you chase bigger arms, a ripped midsection, or a bigger total, the way to get there is through ... Continue Reading

A while ago I wrote about training and recovery, putting it into an equation. The equation was simple: Training Effect = Work x Recovery In simple terms, if we take T (training) to be one unit ... Continue Reading

There is no such thing as overtraining. There is only under-recovery. Most people don’t put in enough time, effort, or intensity to put themselves into a state of overtraining. Most people simply don’t ... Continue Reading

No pain, no gain. Right? What if we told you there are three easy ways to get equal (or better) results from your workout, with less pain afterward? You don’t even have to change much. You just have ... Continue Reading

As a coach it can be difficult to assess the recovery needs of athletes, especially for an entire team. A recent BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation study looked at accessible methods for ... Continue Reading

Massage has long been used to recover from intense exercise. A recent study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research examined whether or not massage can increase post-workout strength and ... Continue Reading

In a recent study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, researchers used a match of team handball to determine how much recovery high-intensity activity requires. The results of the study ... Continue Reading

I’m having a recovery week this week. When is the last time you took one? Recovery is an important part of getting stronger and in this article I’m going to explain why. Recover to Get ... Continue Reading

Electrical stimulation of muscles is used by some athletes to increase strength. This is the type of training you see sometimes where electrodes are placed on the skin and the muscles twitch from the ... Continue Reading

When it comes to exercise recovery, most of the glory goes to post-workout recovery. However, recovery in between bouts of exercise within a given workout can make or break a performance. For example, if a ... Continue Reading

Imagine you finish a day of hard training such as a steady-state effort or you focused on lactate threshold training and now you realize that tomorrow is going to be a day filled with both muscle stiffness ... Continue Reading

You may have seen athletes using oxygen masks to help them recover from extreme bouts of exercise.Getting oxygen in the blood is great for recovery from aerobic exercise, but whether these benefits extend ... Continue Reading

Last week I discussed general recovery techniques for the hard training weightlifter. This week I will more fully investigate one of the more effective interventions that can help with the recovery ... Continue Reading

Anyone who takes up weightlifting or any other activity in the iron game with any degree of enthusiasm will always learn all they can about training. These people constantly look for the ideal combination ... Continue Reading

It’s Tuesday morning. You wake up for work at your normal time. But something is off. You just don’t feel right. You manage to make it to work, but it’s one of those days that you just feel wrong. Your ... Continue Reading

Whenever I begin to work with a new athlete, I usually strike up a conversation that involves the individual’s athletic history. I like to find out if he or she has been a serious competitor, a lifestyler ... Continue Reading