31/05/2022
The need for recovery is as essential as movement and being active is to life.
Recovery can be achieved through different means 👇🏼
🥗 Food
💊 Supplementing
🛌 Sleep
🛀 Ice Bathing
🧘🏽♀️ Stretch
💆🏽♀️ Massage
The list goes on. Amongst others, some like sleep and healthy diet cannot be compromised If you want to upgrade your athleticism, decrease your risk of injury, decrease persistent pain, recover faster, boost your immune system, have more energy and perform better.
📶 The more active you are the more recovery techniques you should embrace for optimal performance, growth and tissue repair including hormonal balance, and this is most true for athletes.
🥴Athletes who are sleep deprived are at risk of losing aerobic endurance and may experience subtle changes in hormone levels, which can lead to higher stress hormone and decrease in human growth hormone.
Skipping any of these will set you up for a break down
This Guide Can Help You Plan Your Recovery Regimen 👇🏼
📶Activity Level => 3 - 4 training days per week
Recovery Needs => Healthy Diet, Sleep (7-9hrs daily), Stretch (post exercise) Sports Massage (Once Monthly)
📶Activity Level => 5 - 6 training days per week
Recovery Needs => Healthy Diet and Supplement, Sleep (7-9hrs daily), Stretch (Daily), Sports Massage (Bi-Monthly)
📶Elite Athletes => 6 - 7 training days per week
Recovery Needs => Healthy Diet and Supplement, Sleep (7-9hrs daily), Stretch (Daily), Ice bathing (weekly), Sports Massage (weekly)
It's only when you place value on your health and wellbeing that you can attain sustenance and longevity.
Choose You 🙋🏽♀️