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Train hard and recover harder: why you should take a recovery week

You might believe that the optimal strategy for training for a marathon or other target race is to hit your peak mileage and maintain it for several weeks. By doing this, you’ll make sure to get the most out of your fitness and prepare well for your target race, right? Maybe not. It may have happened that after a period of heavy training load you … Continue reading Train hard and recover harder: why you should take a recovery week

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Sport Science

Four benefits of Contrast Hydrotherapy

Contrast showers, sometimes also known as contrast hydrotherapy, are showers in which our body temperature changes from hot to cold and back again by alternating between hot then cold water. A contrast shower usually consists of three to five complete cycles of hot and cold water. The hot water causes blood vessels to dilate, thereby pushing the blood to the skin’s surface, and cold water … Continue reading Four benefits of Contrast Hydrotherapy

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