Recovery folks it’s all the rage and it is important. I’ve outlined some key principles and commented on some of the modalities of recovery. One piece I will add here is I do believe things like ice, heat, pressure, and other tools can be helpful more specifically in a time of “competition” IE deployment, a tough course etc to help you “survive” but in terms of a long term recovery plan for training they are not the move, sleep, eat, rest, light movement and relax are your best recovery tools.
Recovery folks it’s all the rage and it is important. I’ve outlined some key principles and commented on some of the modalities of recovery. One piece I will add here is I do believe things like ice, heat, pressure, and other tools can be helpful more specifically in a time of “competition” IE deployment, a tough course etc to help you “survive” but in terms of a long term recovery plan for training they are not the move, sleep, eat, rest, light movement and relax are your best recovery tools.
Short post about concurrent training. Lot of people over complicate this concept end of the day get your strength work in, get the endurance work in and get your conditioning in as best you can with proper rest and recovery. There are some good tips in here to help you balance these things.
In case anyone hasn’t told ya it is summer and it is hot! So today we are talking all about training in the heat. End of the day stay hydrated, get shade when able, slow down when needed and keep training.
Here it is some of my thoughts and considerations when it comes to “CrossFit” or WODs in the context of training to become a better warfighter or prep for a course. End of the day the metabolic conditioning done in CrossFit isn’t inherently good or bad it’s just a tool and can be adjusted and implemented but the system has its clear issues which I cover in the post. Had the privilege of talking to a good friend who owned a CrossFit gym and shared some of his insights for the context of this post.
