Unfortunately, there’s a lot of information out there about how to exercise, but far less information about the application of proper rest and recovery techniques. I see more sub-acute and chronic injuries resulting from inadequate recovery from exercise (especially with high-intensity programs), than resulting from an acute or traumatic incident. The primary fault lies with inadequate or improper recovery from exercise, not the type or intensity of exercise. (To put it another way, it’s not that you’re hurting yourself doing pull-ups – more often than not, it’s because you’re not properly recovering from those pull-ups.)
Dallas Hartwig is a great trainer, who happens to be a Physical Therapist, and has written an unbelievable piece on recovery. I am reading more and more about older athletes who have come to the realization that they need to recover more, and smarter. I have had chronic injuries for years and this past year I began to more aggressively deal with recovery and injury prevention. The entire piece is HERE.

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