If you are interested in recovery, here’s an excellent article:
All work and no rest makes for an injury-prone and weakened athlete. Read top conditioning coach Nick Grantham’s rules for recovery and reap the benefits.
Talent alone is no longer enough to guarantee victory in the sporting arena. Athletes striving for high level success must push their bodies and minds to the limit. If you cannot adapt to and cope with the physical and mental demands of training, you will quickly become exhausted. So how can we reach the limits of human performance without tipping over the edge? The key lies in one of the simplest yet most neglected training principles: recovery.
In the words of one who should know, the seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong: ‘Recovery… that’s the name of the game… Whoever recovers the fastest does the best.’
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Obviously recovery is critical in endurance sport. And far less important in acrobatic sports.
Still, there are some good ideas here:
Injury Recovery and Conditioning
(via GymSports New Zealand Coaching News November 2007)
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