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Recovery
Rest, Recovery, Restoration and Racing
Managing Yourself to Get the Most out of Your Training
One of the most important skills you can develop is the ability to look after yourself. It is easy when you are a young swimmer, mum and dad do everything. But as you get older and more serious about training and racing, you need to take responsibility for looking after yourself and making sure you are fit and well and ready for anything. Read more
December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Recovering between Swimming Seasons
50 Things you can do to Recover, Regenerate and Re-energise between Swimming Seasons
‘Tis the Season to Recover, Fa La La La La, La, La, La La.
So, the swimming season has ended…or so you thought. Here are a few suggestions on how to use the break between swimming seasons to rest, recover, regenerate, re-energise, restore, replenish, refill and re-invigorate!
December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Recovery - Who needs it?
You do!
Lots of people are talking about recovery and for good reason.
Triathlon is a sport for people who love to challenge themselves to see just how far they can go to find out how hard they can push themselves physically and mentally.
But the nature of the sport and the people who love doing it means that triathletes live on the edge. The edge between training hard and training too hard, often with disastrous consequences. There is nothing worse than seeing a triathlete suffering from an illness or injury that could have been avoided.
November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Fatigue Factors and Measuring Your Fatigue Level
How fatigued is fatigued? How do you know how much training to do? How do you know when your body and mind are tired and need time to rest and recover?
Feeling fatigued after training is normal, but excessive and constant fatigue is not.
When the body is constantly fatigued it is more susceptible to illness and injury. In a fatigued state, the body’s defence mechanism, the immune system is likely to break down leaving the triathlete vulnerable to coughs, colds, bacterial infections, gastro intestinal (belly busters) infections and so on.
November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
