Active Recovery
By Paige Waehner, About.com Guide
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Active Recovery
Following intense exercise, lactic acid removal from the blood is attenuated with an active recovery as compared to a resting recovery.
Active Recovery Phases
First, according to leading strength expert Tudor Bompa, Ph.D., "you are trying to adapt the anatomy of the body to the upcoming training so that you can create, or produce an injury free environment".
Active Recovery - Low-Intensity Exercise After Competition
injury prevention - workouts - overtraining - rest and recovery. After athletic competition or a hard workout, it would seem that complete rest would be the best way ...
Active recovery
I would always recommend after heavy sessions to try low intensity training in between. This keeps the muscles fresh and loosens them up instead of seizing. Your body will soon adapt to recovering much quicker.
Incorporate Active Recovery
Nothing is more boring and wastes valuable time more than sitting around between sets when you're strength training. If you are interested in burning major fat get up and get moving.
Active recovery [back to top] Performing light aerobic exercise, stretching exercises, ...
and i apologize for not specifying, the variation routine is the period of your training phase in which you will cut back on volume to allow for active recovery...here's an example from the article...
The workload in the first three weeks of the plan should increase each week (easy, medium, hard) and the 4th week comprise of active recovery and evaluation tests to monitor training progress.
In lieu of resting between intervals, follow each burst with one set of two exercises (done back-to-back) for active recovery. Perform 10 reps of each exercise as fast as you can, using a relatively light weight (do not go to failure).
Perform all exercises individually and add 20 jumping jacks as an active recovery. In other words, so one set of one exercise, then 20 jumping jacks and repeat for 3 sets.
Day 4 ...
Water Polo Intermittent Shuttle Test - assesses a player's ability to perform repeated high-intensity efforts interspersed with brief periods of active recovery, set to mimic the demands of the sport of water polo.
" Instead of going balls out every day, engage in active recovery at least once a week: "Do something low-key that clears your mind and gets you moving without straining your body too much, like walking, yoga, or a long stretch session." ...
 See also: Strength, Intensity, Fitness, Endurance, Exercise
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