Recover or Regress: The Post-Workout Secrets That Actually Matter

di PattersonDavid (Autore)

epubli, 2025

You crush your workout, then do nothing to recover. You skip stretching, eat poorly, sleep badly, and wonder why you're sore for days, plateauing, or getting injured. The truth is, training breaks your body down. Recovery builds it back stronger. If you're not recovering intentionally, you're wasting your training and risking setbacks that could take weeks to heal. Recover or Regress reveals the science-backed recovery strategies that elite athletes use and shows you how to apply them at home without expensive equipment or complicated routines. This book explains why recovery is not passive rest but an active process that requires specific actions at specific times. You'll learn how to optimize your post-workout window—the critical 30 to 60 minutes when your body is primed to absorb nutrients, repair tissue, and adapt to the stress you just placed on it. Inside you'll discover the exact nutrition your body needs after training to rebuild muscle and replenish energy stores, how to use active recovery techniques like mobility work and light movement to reduce soreness, and why sleep is the most powerful recovery tool you have (and how to improve it). You'll also learn how to identify the difference between normal soreness and injury warning signs, when to push through discomfort and when to back off, and how to structure your training week to include proper deloads and rest days. This book is for anyone who trains hard and wants to see results without burning out or breaking down. Whether you're lifting weights, running, doing HIIT, or training for a sport, these recovery secrets will help you bounce back faster, train more consistently, and build a body that lasts.

• Autore: PattersonDavid
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: epubli
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9783565126255