Recovery after a hard or very long workout during which muscles fibers suffer the microtears the stimulate the bodies healing process to strengthen the tissue, is important. If an athlete is very sore, some people believe it’s better if they rest entirely until the soreness has abated, and this makes good sense, because the degree of soreness may be related to the amount of microtearing that has occurred during a hard workout. If the soreness is miles, an athlete may instead choose to do what is called “active” recovery, which is they may choose to do a very easy run instead of resting completely on an off day. read more…
Title: Active recovery: all the cool kids are doing it
