Lesson 5: Rest, recovery, overtraining, and thresholds of reversibility

Question 1

RRRO

Answer 1

Rest
Recovery
Reversibility
Overtraining

Question 2

Rest and recovery

Answer 2

The human body reacts to a hard training session by increasing its ability to cope with future punishing training sessions.

KEY TERM: The period of time allocated to recovery

KEY TERM: Repair of damage to the body caused by training or competition.

Question 3

Overtraining

Answer 3

Overtraining happens when you train beyond your body’s ability to recover.

Athletes often exercise longer and harder so that they can improve. However, without adequate rest and recovery this can backfire and cause you to perform worse