February 23, 2021

Rest, Recovery, and Exercise Addiction

31 minutes

We have a new podcast episode out: Rest, Recovery, and Exercise Addiction.

Overview:

Paul and Howard talk about rest, recovery, and exercise addiction. We range across its causes, diagnosing it, and its consequences. There is a Fairly Crap Transcript™ here, as well as—drum roll!—a tool we created to help you assess how fatigued you are from your exercise program.

Topics:

What is exercise addiction? Who has it?

How do I know if I'm fatigued?

What is rest anyway?

How is rest different from recovery, if at all?

Readings:

Enhancing your exercise recovery

Training errors and other causes of tendinopathy in runners

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