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Vacation is not Recovery

Chasing Excellence

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What's Happening When You Exercise?

When you sleep, that's when things get put into long term memory. But if you don't sleep properly enough, all of the stuff that you read or watch doesn't get logged in well as it could have. The same thing is happening when you exercise and perform. As you've exercised, your performance has decreased. When you then rest long enough, you return back to homeostasis. If you rest longer than that, you will experience what's called super compensation.

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