STRENGTH, RECOVERY, AND NUTRITION: ROUNDING OUT THE PILLARS OF PERFORMANCE
RECOVERY
Recovery is critical -- but it involves more than just laying on your couch. Let's frame its role in your performance:
The Purple Patch Recovery Scorecard is another great tool to help you focus on an element of recovery.
How does recovery show up in your Purple Patch training? Here's a few examples:
- Easy running: when you see an easy run in your training calendar, we mean it: go easy. Many of these sessions are built as active recovery to mentally and physically flush the system and prepare for work later in the week. They're designed to be simple and soul-filling, erasing fatigue and energizing you for tougher sessions.
- Mobility and Self-Care: these sessions live in your Optional Workout Library, as you just discovered. Make sure you take time for structured stretching, range-of-motion, and foam rolling work on a regular basis. Yoga is a great activity to incorporate for this as well.
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Great supporting habits:
- Prioritizing sleep: don't cut into your sleep just to squeeze in extra hours of training. If needed, use the tools we've built into Baseline, like KEY/supporting workout priority and time-starved variations, to scale your volume and ensure you are coming into sessions well rested.
- Nail your post-workout fueling. Taking in protein and carbohydrates post-workout gives your body the building blocks it needs to recover and rebuild.