One thing I’m going to start tracking more on the competitors is heart rate recovery. Now let me back up a second, There are several things you need to be tracking, if you dont: HRV, Sleep, Eating, and Heart Rate recovery. You also need a training journal or note of how hard you train which days…
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I wanted to touch on the topic of recovery and regeneration. It’s often ignored by those under 30 and gains more and more importance as an athlete crosses 40. When I began training I didn’t have the greatest coaches. Arkansas wasn’t the fertile crescent of world class coaching or scientific education for that matter. There…
“Students tend to skew to two extremes. There’s those who have too much stress (training load), typically as a result of too many high intensity training days and no regeneration methods being used. There’s a myth in mainstream culture that training only works if it burns, creates lots of soreness, or is totally exhaustive. This…
Getting sore from training and having a hard time with training on consecutive days? Sleep in recovery tights… Recovery tights boost recovery and help negate soreness. If you don’t want to spring for expensive high compression tights, you can get compression stockings at most drug stores for less. They just won’t last as long. You…
Another reason, amongst many, you need at least 8 hours of sleep a night… For many, it’s just developing a productive daily ritual and managing yourself. Lack of sleep retards learning and physical recovery. In plain english, it will take you ten times longer if ever to make progress if you don’t sleep at least…
This study is one of hundreds pointing to the same conclusion. If you’re engaging in high intensity training daily, you typically need close to ten hours of sleep daily. 10-12 hours of sleep is very common amongst the world’s top athletes. Those training less intensely can get away with 8. Anything less than 8 will…
A daily regeneration campaign should be conducted no less than daily first thing upon waking in the morning. One should constantly work to return the body to it’s original state pre-stress. 99% of individuals in Western Society suffer from Upper Cross Syndrome wrecking the spine, hips and shoulders removing the body from proper mechanical alignment…
I’m skeptical of nutritional supplements without a depth of scientific study, but there’s a group of supplements with well documented results everyone should take advantage of. Branched chain amino acids is one of those well proven and effective supplements everyone engaging in serious training should use. I recommend using well over the prescribe amount to…