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When working out, saving time for recovery is very important. When you have a rest day it doesnt mean giving up and being lazy, it means giving your body a break and doing low intensity workouts to help your body heal.

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I learned that active recovery involves low intensity exercises and is more than just stretching. During active recovery one still works out at a low intensity during rests. This helps blood flow in the muscles and stabilizes heart rate.

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I learned that on rest days you still need to be active to keep your muscles healthy. I thought rest days were just stretching and foam rolling, but they include a bit higher intensity exercises than that.

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I learned that on rest days you still need to be active to keep your muscles healthy. I thought rest days were just stretching and foam rolling, but they include a bit higher intensity exercises than that.

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If you're weight training, your days should include only weight training for as many days as your exercise plan includes, and active recovery on the off days, not just sitting doing nothing on any days.

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In this article I learned that active recovery is just as important as doing a hard workout. It helps blood flow through your muscles and it helps your heart rate during hard work out sessions.

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I learned that rest days aren't just days that you sit around and do nothing, it's better to still workout but at a lower intensity.

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Active recovery is really important because it keeps blood flowing in your muscles and gives them the opportunity to rebuild from a workout

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Active Recovery involves low intensity exercises after a big workout the day before

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Active Recovery involves low intensity exercises after a big workout the day before

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I used to think as a rest day as sitting around. I think it is important to do yoga and other stretching as well during our rest days.

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The thing I took away is that it's beneficial to do active recovery during all rest days rather than just the day after the workout.

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Recovery is a lot more than just resting and stretching. You want to perform low intensity exercises over a short duration to increase blood flow.

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I was surprised that active recovery is more than just stretching and resting but can include things like long periods of low intensity cardio.

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I took away its really important to stretch your muscles and foam roll them, as well as doing low to no intensity workouts like resistance bands.

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Active Recovery uses low intensity exercises to increase blood flow to your muscles and brain.

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When I used to think of recovery I thought more of just resting and some static stretches or foam rolling but this article is saying that it is important to do all that but also stay mobile just with less pace.

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I thought active recovery was simply a break for your body, but the goal was for the body to return to homeostasis. Additionally, I didn't know that active recovery was that important or was done that frequently.