passive recovery
HIIT workouts are the most efficient way to work out, but they aren’t easy on your body! Discover the crucial role rest plays in your HIIT results. Discover how to optimize your rest intervals, nutrition, sleep, and other recovery modalities.
What do you do between resistance training sets? Do you relax your muscles and maybe stretch a little bit? A better approach may be to do light cardio or another form of active rest. Here’s why.
What do you do between resistance-training sets? Do you do an active recovery or a passive one? Rest periods are another training variable you can manipulate in your workouts. Find out what the advantages and disadvantages of various rest period strategies are.
Chances are you’re more focused on what you do on days you actively work out than days that you don’t. In fact, some people feel guilty when they take a recovery day. There’s no need for that. Recovery days are a vital part of any fitness program. Find out why recovery days are important and how active recovery days differ from passive ones.
There are two types of exercise recovery – active recovery and passive recovery. Exercise recovery refers both to short-term recovery when you’re doing interval training and longer term recovery between workouts. Find out the advantages of each and how to apply them to your workouts.
