If you’re not feeling 100% for a hard training session, but you still want to do something, then you might want to think about doing an Active Recovery Workout.
But the type of workout you do depends on what you’re recovering from.
Check the latest Ask EricWongMMA video here where I discuss this topic:
To follow up on this video, one point that I want to really make clear is that building in Active Recovery Workouts is probably less beneficial than learning when your body needs one.
Like I said in the video above, the symptoms include:
1) You don’t have that high end ‘pop’ type of energy – Central Fatigue
2) Excessive muscle soreness – Local/Muscular Fatigue
For #1, you can train your whole body, just don’t train too intensely.
For #2, it’s very local, so say your chest is sore, you can still train your legs hard, but you may want to throw in some light movements for the chest to increase blood flow to the muscles to speed their recovery. It’s also a good idea to stretch the chest so the muscles don’t shorten.
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