Your Workouts Don't Matter (unless you recover right)

[@IvanRuchkin]

They say "if you think that you should work more, you should probably work less." Putting this saying into practice seems to be one of the greatest benefits of having a coach.

[@jcizzlepiano]

Very wise. A lot of very talented athletes get this wrong and never reach their potential

[@Kelly_Ben]

I can't believe I've never heard recovery discussed this way before! It makes perfect sense.

[@CoachCarl]

Glad you enjoyed it -- thanks for the kind words!

[@hjijon]

One of the best discussions I have seen on stress and recovery, thank you

[@OfftoShambala]

How do you determine recovery run pace, time, distance? Should strength exercises or weights not be used during recovery?

[@CoachCarl]

Recovery pace in my mind should be effort-based. Whatever feels easy to you that day given everything else you have going on in life, training, etc. I would avoid heavy weight training but body-weight exercises, light cross-training, or yoga is good.

[@OfftoShambala]

@@CoachCarl Thanks so much for your response. It is very appreciated. I was thinking that this is how one might approach the recovery workouts... and I have been looking at creating some low impact, isometric based strenght training workouts as well. That might be another interesting topic for you to cover... the use of isometrics. I don't know why they are not more popular, I remember there was a little talk about them in the fitness world as far back as the 80's... but, most people seemed more interested in (or promoting) exercises with full ranges of motion and weights. Not that these cannot be applied also, but I can see a lot more advantages to isometric based strength (or toning) type of exercises.

[@louismontano1918]

workout after workout grind don’t stop

[@epramatarov]

This is great - thank you very much!

[@CoachCarl]

Glad you enjoyed it -- thanks for watching!