Warm up, Cool down & Recovery from Exercise

• Recovery important for subsequent exercise & adaptation
• Energy repletion processes ~10x slower than depletion processes
• Metabolic recovery partly determines cardiopulmonary recovery
• Blood supply is critical to recovery e.g.:

  • Oxygen for Phosphagens
  • Glucose for Glycogen resynthesis
• Several factors influence recovery rate & completeness, including

  • Personal (e.g. Training status)
  • Environmental (e.g. Heat, Altitude, Cold water immersion)
  • Exercise (e.g. Intensity & duration)
• Tapering

  • Effective manner to reduce load , retain enough stimulus to maintain adaptation but allow maximal recovery (think glycogen reserves, protein synthesis - enzymes etc)