Your cycling performance improvements don’t happen on the bike - they happen off the bike and during the time when your body is recovering. With this in mind, giving your body a helping hand might be the difference between being able to complete the next training session 100%, versus just 90%. You might not think that 90% will be noticeable and it might not, not right away at least. Yet keep adding those 10% 's together and you soon have a lot of lost opportunities.
Covered in this episode:
- Recovering immediately post training
- Cooling down
- Stretching, foam rolling, and other recovery tools
- Avoiding sickness
- Replacing fluids, electrolytes, and carbohydrates
- Further recovery opportunities
- Sleep
- Massage
- The recovery mindset
- Recovery rides
- Time off the bike
- Top tips for optimising recovery from endurance training