Over on the Versus website Robbie Ventura talks about a key factor in making gains in cycling: recovery. Athletic growth doesn't happen while you're doing your workouts, but rather it happens afterwards as your body recovers and your muscles repair themselves. The more you train the better you will get, but you need to give yourself proper time to recover from your intense workouts.
"There's no such thing as over-training, just under-recovery"
3 important elements to recovering from hard training:
1) Get a solid 8 hours of sleep
2) Eat well - proper mix of carbohydrates, protein and fat
3) Cool down after high intensity sessions
After that you can add on other methods for recovery like massage, compression gear and the Normatec boots. I've got the cool down going, but I'm still working on the first two items from Robbie's list. I'm close to a solid 8 hours of sleep but I have bouts of insomnia from time to time. My nutrition is a lot better this year than it was last year but I think I still have room for improvement there. I've been thinking about seeing a nutritionist to review my diet but I haven't acted on that yet. I guess it couldn't hurt to get an assessment on my diet to see if I'm really off base or pretty close to a good mix.
To watch the video head on over the Coaches Corner on Versus.
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