Performance Insight - Rest and Recovery

03/04/23 • 33 min

Stress, fatigue and exhaustion are often a constant in the lives of people today. Long work hours, chasing after kids or pets, worrying about health, both of their own and that of their family, and even training or exercise can contribute to this.

Considering that these issues can affect our ability to exercise or train effectively, we need to be conscious of how these work-life events affect our bodies, and subsequently, manage our rest and recovery.

In this episode we will:
· Outlining why rest and recovery is important

· Look at how the body responds to stress and strain

· Consider the impact recovery has on our training so that we know when to go hard or take it easy

· Explore ways we can measure and monitor stress during training

In this episode we will:
· Outlining why rest and recovery is important

· Look at how the body responds to stress and strain

· Consider the impact recovery has on our training so that we know when to go hard or take it easy

· Explore ways we can measure and monitor stress during training

Previous Episode

Performance Insight - Getting in the Right Zone

As endurance athletes who are serious about improving their performance and endurance, setting up training zones according to one’s training intensity is absolutely critical. But what are these training zones, what are their benefits, and what are the different types of training zones available to you for enhancing your performance?

In this episode we discuss:
· What we mean by training zones

· Why it’s important to train within the correct zone

· How we apply this within our workouts

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Performance Insight - Aimee Willmott

Aimee is a former competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain and England at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, FINA world championships and European championships.

She has competed for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics in London, 2016 Olympics in Rio and 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Aimee has also represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi (2010), Glasgow (2014) and Gold Coast, Australia (2018) where she won her Gold medal in the 400m individual medley.

In this episode we:
· take a look at Aimee's sporting history and what motivated her to get into competitive swimming

· hear about how she prepared for the Olympics and Commonwealth Games

· learn what lessons she’s learnt as an elite athlete that we can all apply