5 things to do/know about the ‘recovery week’

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5 things to do/know about the ‘recovery week’

After the success of ‘5 tips for your Swimming session’, Lucas give you 5 informations regarding the famous « recovery week »
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1- Reduce the volume : Everything is in the title. The main goal of the recovery week is to rest. That’s why, it is really important to divide by almost 2 the training volume, to let your body and your mind regenerate to start a new cycle without any fatigue.

2- Keep intensities : Recovery is not a synonyme of « doing nothing ». It is important to keep intensive work during this period. Obviously, you need to stay with low volume during the session.

3- Do not try to do more, or faster : Because it’s a light week, the sensations will be better. So, it’s really commun that we want to add more kilometers, especially with good legs! However, even if the sensation are good, be careful and follow the plan, to take all the benefice of this special week!

4- An important week in your cycle: Recovery is as important as a « key session »! This week will allow your body to assimile the training cycle. It’s a MUST HAVE, before to start a new cycle and have the ressources (physical or mental) to be fully focus on the next cycle.

5- 3 pillars of the recovery : Drink- Eat- Sleep: This 2 pillars are not just for the recovery week! This is 3 important points in training. A good hydration is 2L per day, + 1,5L after each training, minimum. If I say that balanced diet is a diet where you will eat everything, you will say that nothing is new here. But it’s still the case!
With this point, our nutritionist Geoffrey can help you and develop the subject with you if you want! The, the sleep. Even if everybody have is own need regarding sleep, always be aware of having enough sleep, and adapt your sleep to your training (ex: a intense training just after a super short night is not the best idea ever – so adapt it!).

We will never say it enough, but a good recovery is a part of the training. And a good training need to have recovery to be able to be assimile by the body and have benefit after.
As say Lionel Sanders :’There is no medal for the one who train the most…’

So, on your mark, ready…Sleep

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