active recovery
Easy post-workout exercise
Active recovery is low-intensity exercise performed after strenuous workouts to promote healing rather than resting completely.
Light walking, swimming, or stretching keeps blood flowing to muscles without adding stress: I'm too sore for a real workout, so today is active recovery.
The approach aims to reduce soreness and maintain mobility during rest periods.
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- dynamic stretchingMotion-based flexibility preparation
- foam rollerFitness recovery cylinder
- walkingLocomotion on foot
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- muscle recoveryfoam roller, ice bath, massage, rest day, yoga
- workout termswarmup, cooldown, stretching, cardio, reps
- workout typeswarmup, aerobics, cooldown, yoga, pilates
- cycling traininginterval training, training plans, intervals, endurance training, training plan
- workout trainingsets, reps, intervals, circuit, superset
active recoverycomplete rest
bed rest · inactivity · rest day · immobilization · doing nothing
active recoveryrest
Cessation of activity
inactivity · stillness · sedentariness · immobility · idleness
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