Tip
Presented by Brett Ayers, Camp Director
3 Crucial Steps to Improve Your Recovery Time
Improving your recovery time not only allows you to train more, but your body will also reap the benefits. Strength, endurance, and speed all improve with how quickly your body can recover after a run. Brett Ayers, Head Cross Country Coach at Winona State University, suggests 3 crucial tips in maximizing recovery.
- Try to eat a light snack within 30 minutes after a workout. This is when your body is most open for replenishment. The snack should be loaded with carbohydrates. Think of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or energy bars.
- Cross training. Circuit training using body weight or medicine balls, as well as other general strength workouts in the weight room are great ways to help your endocrine system recover and regenerate.
- Sleep! Perhaps the most important tip to maximize your recovery is getting enough rest. During sleep your brain and body take time to recover. Physical repair is promoted by human growth hormone released by the pituitary gland, this is only released when you sleep! So sleep a lot!
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