Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up. My name is

Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy. A few weeks ago on Facebook, a listener named Bo

reached out to me and asked, I would like to know more about the physical recovery process.

What happens physiologically in between training sessions?

I'm a fitness instructor and I would like to explain to my students why recovery time is important.

Thank you so much.

Well, okay.

As Bo knows, rest and recovery days are important for both your athletic performance and your

fitness progression for a variety of reasons.

So today, I'm going to break it down and find out what exactly goes on when you give your

body the correct amount of rest.

Now most of you fit folks know that you need to get some rest after exercise,

but you know what?

Many of you still feel lazy or even guilty when you do allow yourself to finally take a day off.

Even if you know in the back of your head that your body repairs and strengthens itself in the time between your workouts,

not actually during your workouts themselves. Still, your recovery time is often the first thing

to be skipped in your training program. Now, at its base, full recovery is defined as your ability

to meet or exceed performance in a particular activity.

That's the definition that's used in most of the scientific papers that are devoted to recovery anyway.

But I think that definition is a little basic and also kind of confusing.

So let's break it down.

Now imagine that you did a really hard run workout yesterday, like my favorite,

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