Physical Recovery Hacks for the Masters athlete

…or, How I Learned to Avoid Overtraining

Coach Dan John: masters athlete, teacher, mentor, coach, wise man and all round good egg.

Recovery is the bedrock of health, fitness and athletic training. You must address recovery if you’re to get the most out of your gym time!

NB: this was first published at Muscle Talk in their Over 40 training forum but applies to EVERYONE

Let’s face it 40 isn’t that old any more 50 isn’t even that old anymore, and your training should reflect this. As the body ages and types of training needs do not change just the ways you train and amounts of training that you use. The different tools you use and the amount you use them change. Recovery techniques are such tools.  Whilst this may seem like a serious disadvantage it can actually be used to change training for the good making it more efficient, effective with less injury and more result.

So what does training smarter mean and what facets of recovery should you look at? Below is a little introduction to training the Masters athlete, the changes you make for a them and the practices you encourage. Read more..