Thursday, January 10, 2013
Sports Training: Recovery: Active Recovery
Try add active recovery to your recovery regimen. Active recovery can be added after a workout or on a scheduled rest day. There are both physically and mental benefits to active recovery. Physically, active recovery, in the form of low-intensity exercises, allows you the needed rest without sacrificing your fitness levels. And mentally, it allows you to step back from the psychological stresses of hard training days and competition. Although the overall usefulness of active recovery still needs to be researched further, for now, it seems active recovery does more good than harm.
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Active recovery...? like, stretching?
ReplyDeleteI suppose it depends on when you do the active recovery. Active recovery after a workout would probably consist of some kind of cool down (like a walk after a hard run or light biking on a stationary bike after a heavy leg workout). Whereas, a active recovery on a rest day, may include a walk or yoga (or some kind of prolonged stretching routine).
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