Here’s why and how to balance your training with quality sleep and recovery, which is just as important as training hard.
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Here’s how stress affects recovery from exercise and what you can do to boost your recovery and achieve better fitness results.
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If your life revolves around your workouts, there’s a risk you’ll end up overtraining. Here’s how to recognize the signs of overtraining and regain balance.
Set yourself up for success in future training and races with this simple post-race recovery routine the day after your race. The Run Experience advises us how to get the blood flowing and reintroduce motion in the joints!
Read how professional triathlete Kaisa Sali monitors her training load and boosts recovery.
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If exercise as stress relief stops working for you, maybe you’re doing it wrong? Press reset and read what kind of exercise is optimal for stress relief.
When given the choice, you should always favor the stairs over an elevator, right? Here, 5 Polar pros weigh in on the stairs vs. elevator debate.
Try this foam rolling session at home to prevent lactic acid from building up in your muscles when you’re more sedentary than usual.
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Recovery is a vital part of training, but how do we know when to take a break? Read how you can keep track of your recovery level with Polar.
The correlation between sleep and athletic performance is undeniable. Take it from these five professional athletes who are playing hard and sleeping harder.
While passive recovery can be oh-so-satisfying, getting an active move on may help promote recovery. Here are four active recovery workouts to try.
