Importance Of Recovery

Importance Of Recovery

We always talk about how good and essential training is, whether it is for a competition, a specific event or just for life.

As people get more and more into it, they start finding new challenges, new goals and ideally get more motivated to maintain an active lifestyle, which is great!

Now as we train more, we are also putting more stress on our body, we start to get fatigued, a normal reaction to training. This is why recovery is important.

During rest periods (days between workouts, sleeping at night, eating) is when people adapt to training. After depleting your body for a few weeks with high-intensity training, the resting period is the time your body uses to recover and to adapt so that next time around you put your body through similar stressors or training regimen, you will be able to perform at a better level.

It is all about stress and adaptation.

It had been agreed “recovery allows for improved performance, permits time for our body to heal itself in preparation for the next training load, and decreases the risk of potential injury. All these benefits allow for the attainment of new goals and PR’s (Personal Records)” (2020)

There are different methods of recovery, some of them are:

Sleep: Aim to get 6-8 hours of solid sleep.

Nutrition: Learn about basic nutrition, what are your macronutrients, and have a basic understanding of them to aid your eating habits.

Hydration: Most people should drink about 3 L of water a day, 5 L if you are training.

Massage: Just like foam rolling or stretching, it can be a releasing method for tense or tight muscles. Massaging will improve blood flow and therefore help your muscles recover from training or daily activities.

At the end of the day, it is important that you challenge yourself when training, but you always have to be mindful of what you are doing to allow your body to recover. That is where the progress comes from.

Resources:

Why is recovery the most important part of your exercise regime? Absolute Health & Performance. (2020, May 8). Retrieved October 15, 2021, from https://absolutehealthperformance.com.au/recovery/.