Post-Workout Recovery Options
What you can do to speed up your recovery from hard training
Recovering after a tough workout should be its own sport.
Finding the best tools and the best strategies to help you recover is time-consuming and stressful if you aren’t getting it right.
After putting so much energy and time into your workout, it’s really important to get back to training as soon as you can. That’s how you get fitter and fitter: stacking good quality training sessions over and over again.
But your body also needs rest. It’s important to ride the line between doing enough and not doing too much. If you do too much, you risk injury. If you don’t do enough, you’ll never reach your lofty goals.
Recovery is an important piece of the training puzzle. Find the time to rest, refuel and recharge after a workout can help you bounce back quicker and get back to the next workout.
In today’s post, I’m going to be sharing some of the strategies I use to help me bounce back from hard workouts!
Regardless of what season you’re in, staying hydrated is probably the best tip I can offer you. You can find tons of articles on why hydrating is so important, so if this is you and you struggle, you’ll need to do a quick search to find what you can do to improve your hydration game. Personally, as a Nuun ambassador, I’m a big fan of their products, especially the lemon-lime flavors, and doubly especially when they are freezing cold.
After a workout, eating as soon as possible is going to help your body start the recovery process. Find what works for you by trying different foods. If I’m running in the morning, I like overnight oats or even scrambled eggs with bacon.
Rest up like a champ or as best you can. If you can nap, that’s an added bonus, but otherwise, you should be getting more than 7 hours of sleep a night.
Active recovery: whether that’s a youtube yoga flow for 10 minutes, foam rolling or using a massage gun, getting your muscles moving a bit and getting the blood circulating helps get you back to “normal” quicker.
Pre- run drills, post-run stretching. Getting your muscles ready for their workout helps them move through a greater range of motion + once you finish your run, stretching helps bring your muscles back to their natural length.
For some of us, an off day is a great tool to use to help get back to training. We can’t all run 7 days a week without a day off (myself very much included) and taking a day off from training helps get us recharged and ready for more.
Use these tips to speed up the process and get back in the game faster.
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