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:
You know me I don't take a day off unless I am forced to. Mostly because if I don't swim in the morning my back is locked up all day long. But there are days I swim EASIER to recover. I also find a protien shake before and after practice is very helpful (within 40 minutes of workout).
Usually even during my taper I hurt somewhat up until about 2 days before the big meet. Coach and I have figured out for most of my general meets a 3 day taper is plenty. I have done this enough now to not worry if I hurt the day before the meet, it too will go away!
You know me I don't take a day off unless I am forced to. Mostly because if I don't swim in the morning my back is locked up all day long. But there are days I swim EASIER to recover. I also find a protien shake before and after practice is very helpful (within 40 minutes of workout).
Usually even during my taper I hurt somewhat up until about 2 days before the big meet. Coach and I have figured out for most of my general meets a 3 day taper is plenty. I have done this enough now to not worry if I hurt the day before the meet, it too will go away!
