#684 – Why, When, and How to Take A Day Off

Are you worn out from training or your daily life? Today, we contend that you’re probably not overtrained, but you’re more likely under-recovered. We’ll take a dive into the elements of real recovery and talk about how important it is to find that true energy that you know is inside you. We look at the purpose of days off and how you should utilize them. We talk about recovery workouts and how important it is to treat them with respect. We all make big planning lists for our long weekend workouts, but are we crushing our energy on the daily by not giving shorter ones respect? It’s an interesting topic and one that’s focused on keeping you on a good roll, looking forward to training, and helping you recognize you’re digging a hole before you’re already in one.

Topics:

• Seasonal Transitions
• Dew Point, Humidity
• Lack of Sleep
• Sore legs, quads
• When Spring goes straight to Summer
• Gulf Roast 70.3
• Chatt 70.3
• Woefully placed days off
• Getting the most from a day off
• Stress is stress
• Swimming at lunch
• Different kinds of tired
• No weekends . . .
• Calendars are weird
• Day off = Focused Recovery
• You’re not overtrained, you’re under recovered
• Focused and intentional training
• Hard to fit it all in
• Dissipate Stress
• The “2-3 days” before effect
• A lot of Tuesday World Champions out there
• Stress Buckets
• Tired and slow and performing the same
• Not realizing you’re in a hole until you’re in a hole
• More, more, more
• Energy is encouraged
• If you want to do more, do more recovery

 

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