Elite Baseball Development Podcast Pinch Hit Friday #31 - Stress, Recovery, and Adaptation
May 2, 2025
Discover the balance between stress and recovery, essential for peak performance. Learn about the importance of identifying and removing negative stressors before adding new recovery techniques. Uncover how young athletes often overwhelm themselves, impacting their well-being and on-field success. Explore the nuances of recovery practices and how they can be optimized by focusing on removing what hinders rather than just adding what helps.
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Early Yoga Class Anecdote
- Eric Cressy shared a story about early career experience with 6 a.m. yoga classes for de-stressing.
- He humorously questioned why people chase recovery instead of prioritizing sleep, the ultimate recovery.
Prioritize Removing Negative Stressors
- Remove stressors that do not drive favorable adaptations before adding new recovery strategies.
- Identify and eliminate negative stressors like poor nutrition, fights, and lack of sleep first.
Favorable vs. Unfavorable Stressors
- Some stressors from training induce beneficial adaptations leading to improved performance.
- Excessive or harmful stressors, like overtraining injuries, do not produce positive outcomes.