The Athlete's Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance

The Athletes Guide to Recovery provides athletes with an evidence-based approach to finding the right balance between stress and rest, with practical recovery tips and evaluations of current tech devices. It emphasizes the fundamentals of sleep, nutrition, and stress management and features up-to-date research to support the importance of these basic recovery strategies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 05 March 2024
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Perfect for athletes in need of a reminder that being quick with their recovery efforts isn't a quick fix, this impressive book shows how slowing down speeds up results in the gym, on the road, and beyond. Library Journal, Starred Review An invaluable guide to help athletes maximize training gains by making the most of their recovery time, Recovery—physical and mental—is a red-hot topic, and the worlds of sports, technology, and commerce have all taken note. But which practices and devices really make a difference in recovery, and which should be avoided? What will truly maximize performance? In this second edition of The Athletes Guide to Recovery, endurance and recovery coach Sage Rountree, PhD, explains exactly how to get the most out of training by optimizing recovery time. She provides easy-to-follow and practical recovery tips that include: How athletes can measure their own state of recovery What can go wrong when recovery is insufficient Proven techniques to enhance recovery and improve performance Evaluations of current tech devices Sample recovery plans for all types of training and competition Emphasizing the fundamentals of sleep, nutrition, and stress management, this second edition features up-to-date research that has emerged to support the importance of these basic recovery strategies and includes a much-needed, careful look at new devices on the market. Whether self-coached, coached, or team-sport athletes, The Athletes Guide to Recovery provides readers with an evidence-based approach to finding the right balance between stress and rest.

Weight: 318g
Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538181478
Edition number: Second Edition