Monday, Nov 6, 2023
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Athletes may sometimes wonder why their fitness has not improved as expected and why there has yet to be progress. Training has been done as planned, and the workout has been more challenging than ever before. So why not? The sluggishness can be as simple as eating the wrong foods or not enough, or a lack of rest and primarily a lack of quality sleep. The fourth part of our series of articles on recovery will familiarize you with these issues.
A series of articles on recovery has been published on ProXCskiing.com. Part 3 of the series (3a) started with cold therapy, and this sequence looks at the effectiveness of hot and contrast therapy in optimizing recovery.
Do you have the habit of jumping into a lake to cool off after a sweaty run in the summer? Or perhaps you run from the sauna into a snowdrift during winter? If you answered yes to either of these, you may have unknowingly been aiding your recovery from workouts.
Do you regularly visit a massagist? Or do you perhaps have compression socks or a foam roller, aiming to reduce the strain of training or enhance recovery post-workout? In this second article on recovery, we delve into these pressure-based recovery methods.
As everyone already knows, in endurance sports, training must be sufficiently demanding both quantitatively and qualitatively for development to occur progressively. However, with the accumulation of high training volumes and overall stress from non-sporting activities, it is essential to be careful so that the body has enough time for rest and recovery.
With just one week of rest after Birkebeinerrenet, Visma Ski Classics Pro Team skiers will start Årefjällsloppet 104km under challenging weather conditions. We analyze how Pro Tour athletes train, recover, and fuel for the longest race in the calendar, while advising recreational skiers.
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