Stress and Recovery
What is Stress? Stress is a response designed to get our attention, manage a threat, deal with any damage(injury) and return the body back its own baseline. For example, when we exercise, we break into a sweat and feel thirsty. These are stress responses - your body is trying to regulate its own core temperature (manage threat), and feeling thirsty (getting your attention to drink more water) helps your body return to normal function. There are many other factors contributing to stress, such as physical, mental, emotional, existential, social and environmental stress, but I will just be focusing on the physical (exercise) stress for now. [caption id="attachment_546" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo by Gabriel on Unsplash[/caption] Stress and Recovery should be linked in exercise planning When we respond, recover and adapt well, stress make us…
