How To Recover From Workouts Faster

How To Recover From Workouts Faster

During workouts, we need a really sharp and high inflammatory response... but if you don't meet it with an immediate recovery period, the signal won't be there to maximize your results - Andy Galpin

Workouts stress your body, a lot. This stress triggers a healthy recovery response. Recovery is important. It makes you adapt to the training stimulus, gives you the progress you need and sets you up to perform better in your next workout.

There are over-the-top methods like compression shorts, ice baths, or supplements, but they don't trigger an immediate recovery period. That's why Andy suggests doing: a down-regulation practice for 3-10 minutes right after a workout.

You need to do something that calms you down. Galpin suggests these:

1. Listen to slow-paced music. (backed by research)

2. Do a box breathing exercise (backed by research)

3. Sit and relax a dark, quiet environment (anecdotal)

You could do one or all 3 together. All of them activate the calming mechanisms of the brain. So, you drop from a stress response to a calm response and start recovering, fast. The process usually takes a few hours after workouts. But the down-regulation brings it down to a few minutes.

Check the graphs below. They'll help. (I suck at drawing but they do the job.)

• Typical adaptation:

• New adaptation:

Only a few minutes create this new adaptation. You feel less sore and more energize in your following workout; whether it's a run, calisthenics, the gym, sports, or anything else.

Do something calming after your workouts to quickly trigger a recovery response.

Great job Reader!