There has been some discussion lately about the necessity of recovery during training. So how much and what recovery do we need? How do we fit in all our training, cross-training, weights, etc. and still have time for recovery? What can we do to recover faster? How much recovery is needed prior to taper? How do you balance training hard and training and recovery?
It sucks getting old. I'm sore as hell. :toohurt:
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one anecdotal story: I took a break sunday from my usual weightlifting routine, and rested instead. Monday at swim practice I zipped through 16x100 on 1:30 with no real difficulty. Tuesday I did my usual weightlifting, and today at swim practice I felt quite a bit more sluggish than monday. Maybe a day of rest made the difference between monday and wednesday for me.
one anecdotal story: I took a break sunday from my usual weightlifting routine, and rested instead. Monday at swim practice I zipped through 16x100 on 1:30 with no real difficulty. Tuesday I did my usual weightlifting, and today at swim practice I felt quite a bit more sluggish than monday. Maybe a day of rest made the difference between monday and wednesday for me.
