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See moreGood to Go is the first decisive exploration of recovery science and the crucial role it plays in optimizing training performance.
Good to Go is the first decisive exploration of recovery science and the crucial role it plays in optimizing training performance.
All athletes from Olympians to weekend warriors must toe the line between training and recovery to maximise the benefits of workouts and reach optimal performance. For the longest time, coaches and training manuals have emphasised training. But now sports science is homing in on an even more fundamental part: recovery.
The aim of training is to force the body to adapt to stress, and this adaptation is what makes you fitter and better able to perform. But to adapt, you need to optimise recovery too. You only benefit from training that you can recover from, and the ability to recover determines how much training your body can handle. Recovery, the science shows, is a crucial component of exercise training, and it's starting to look like it may be the most important one.
Good to Go assesses the science and claims of a wide variety of recovery methods and potions, and debunks the junk to give a clear picture of what we should actually be doing to look after our bodies better between exercising.
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Praised by bestselling authors like David Epstein and Alex Hutchinson, Good to Go is celebrated for its rigorous scientific approach and sharp insight into the recovery industry. Readers commend Aschwandenโs humour and clarity in untangling a complex topic, making it both an authoritative and enjoyable read.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781509827657
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 March 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 345g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Christie Aschwanden is the lead writer for science at FiveThirtyEight and health columnist for the Washington Post. She's also a frequent contributor to the New York Times, a contributing editor for Runner's World and a contributing writer for Bicycling. Her work appears in dozens of publications, including Discover, Slate, Proto, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, More, Men's Journal, NPR.org, Smithsonian and O, the Oprah Magazine. A lifetime athlete, Ashwanden has raced in Europe and North America on the team Rossignol Nordic ski-racing squad.
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