Recovery from Strenuous Exercise

Coaches, managers and athletes frequently ask about how they can recover  as fast as possible from fatigue and improve subsequent performance.  Recovery from Strenuous Exercise informs students, athletes and  practicing strength and conditioning coaches and performance therapists  on how to use the latest scientific evidence to inform their recovery  practice – particularly during high training volumes and competitive  cycles.

This book empowers the athlete, the coach and the  therapist by giving them greater confidence, improving their critical  thinking, helping them to avoid poor practice and enhancing their  understanding of what causes fatigue and how its effects can be  minimised. Recovery from Strenuous Exercise covers many of the aspects  required to make a highly skilled, confident, knowledgeable personal  trainer, sports therapist or strength and conditioning coach. It also  acts as a recovery ‘go-to’ guide for competitive recreational athletes  who lack the knowledge and guidance on optimal recovery protocols used  by their professional peers.

This text serves as a learning and  research aid for athletes and those studying vocational personal  training and sports therapy courses, and those studying other courses  where recovery modalities form part of their undergraduate and  postgraduate study, such as strength and conditioning, sports science,  sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, osteopathy and physiotherapy.