Using Recovery Methods To Maximize Speed And Agility Training
These days, most athletes are using speed and agility training to improve their athleticism. An athlete needs to be strong, flexible, motivated and smart to undergo this kind of training.
One of the often overlooked areas during this training is recovery between workouts. The faster the recovery, the better it is for the athlete. This helps the athlete to spend more time on the workout. It is an important factor which separates the top athletes from rest of the athletes.
Young athletes naturally tend to recover faster than older athletes. Due to this, they tend to ignore effective recovery techniques. But, it is necessary for them to cultivate these good habits, which will have a powerful effect as they grow older.
Some of my favorite methods in aiding recovery are massage, hot and cold hydrotherapy (putting the body in hot water and cold water, alternatively), dynamic stretching and active recovery exercises.
Massage aids in recovery by removing the soreness from the aching muscles. You can massage yourself, if the area of soreness is reachable by you, or, someone else can give you a massage. A massage lotion can be used by you to lubricate the skin and avoid removal of body hair or sticky skin during the massage.
I use a simple massaging technique to remove the soreness of the muscles. I massage the area of soreness in circles for sometime and then, do a long stroking motion. This routine increases blood flow to the muscles and removes the soreness.
Hydrotherapy is a technique in which the body is covered in hot water and cold water, alternatively. You can use a Jacuzzi or a hot bathtub to cover yourself in hot water and then, take a cold shower.
The routine I follow for hydrotherapy is 3 minutes of hot water and 1 minute of cold water. Do this routine 5 times, and you will feel much better.
During hydrotherapy, the hot water brings blood to the muscles and the cold water removes the blood from the muscles. This flow of blood removes the soreness from the muscles.
Dynamic stretching and active recovery workouts are exercises for the body at very low intensity levels (heart rate under 130 beats per minute). These two methods produce a similar kind of effect on the body. They bring blood flow to the muscles and remove the soreness of the muscles.
Dynamic stretching and active recovery workouts are best done early in the morning, the day after high intensity training. These involve some stretching exercises which improve blood flow to the muscles.
I recommend that you use these methods to improve your recovery time and prepare your body for the next high intensity speed and agility training session.
One of the often overlooked areas during this training is recovery between workouts. The faster the recovery, the better it is for the athlete. This helps the athlete to spend more time on the workout. It is an important factor which separates the top athletes from rest of the athletes.
Young athletes naturally tend to recover faster than older athletes. Due to this, they tend to ignore effective recovery techniques. But, it is necessary for them to cultivate these good habits, which will have a powerful effect as they grow older.
Some of my favorite methods in aiding recovery are massage, hot and cold hydrotherapy (putting the body in hot water and cold water, alternatively), dynamic stretching and active recovery exercises.
Massage aids in recovery by removing the soreness from the aching muscles. You can massage yourself, if the area of soreness is reachable by you, or, someone else can give you a massage. A massage lotion can be used by you to lubricate the skin and avoid removal of body hair or sticky skin during the massage.
I use a simple massaging technique to remove the soreness of the muscles. I massage the area of soreness in circles for sometime and then, do a long stroking motion. This routine increases blood flow to the muscles and removes the soreness.
Hydrotherapy is a technique in which the body is covered in hot water and cold water, alternatively. You can use a Jacuzzi or a hot bathtub to cover yourself in hot water and then, take a cold shower.
The routine I follow for hydrotherapy is 3 minutes of hot water and 1 minute of cold water. Do this routine 5 times, and you will feel much better.
During hydrotherapy, the hot water brings blood to the muscles and the cold water removes the blood from the muscles. This flow of blood removes the soreness from the muscles.
Dynamic stretching and active recovery workouts are exercises for the body at very low intensity levels (heart rate under 130 beats per minute). These two methods produce a similar kind of effect on the body. They bring blood flow to the muscles and remove the soreness of the muscles.
Dynamic stretching and active recovery workouts are best done early in the morning, the day after high intensity training. These involve some stretching exercises which improve blood flow to the muscles.
I recommend that you use these methods to improve your recovery time and prepare your body for the next high intensity speed and agility training session.