Last week we spoke about the importance of following a structured and progressive periodised training program in order to ensure our training load is appropriate for adaptation to occur rather than to experience excessive fatigue and injury. This week we are discussing the physiological and nutritional recovery practices we can use in order to reduce the time required in between sessions and get back to full freshness quicker.

Recovery is vital to improving your endurance performance. This can come in many forms including resting, exercise at a light intensity, a reduction in training load, or behaviours post-exercise.