Workout Recovery
You plan your workouts, but do you plan your recovery? We’ve heard a common theme of “no pain, no gain,” and that may skew our perception of the necessity of recovery. Some individuals may also have the mindset that if they aren’t sore after workouts, they didn’t work hard enough. There’s also the belief that we need to work through pain, or being extremely tired from a busy work day. That is not the case. Recovery is integral to reaching your health and fitness goals. It’s important to highlight that recovery is more than what some may believe to be as solely stretching....