Mastering Recovery: Key Insights for Athletes

This chapter explores the critical role of recovery in athletic training, emphasizing the importance of sleep quality and subjective metrics like Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE). It highlights the influence of personal stressors and nutrition on recovery, while providing practical tips for athletes on when to take rest weeks based on tracking their physical and mental states. The discussion also touches on how lifestyle choices, such as alcohol consumption and meal timing, affect recovery metrics like heart rate variability.