#136: Rethinking Recovery

Host Brad Kearns talks in more detail about the importance of rethinking recovery, on the heels of the landmark MarksDailyApple.com post Rethinking Recovery, and also Brad's recent podcast with Joel Jamieson. The profound insight for reflection is that we kinda sorta take recovery for granted in that we don't acknowledge, understand, or account for the scientific fact that recovery takes energy in and of itself. Refreshing the sodium-potassium pumps in the muscle cells and brain neurons, digesting food in the intestines, converting ingested calories into triglycerides or glycogen in the liver, the immune system keeping infections at bay--all these command a slice of the pie chart of your total energy expenditure in a given day or month or year. Furthering this thought, could it be that world records and Olympic gold medals of the future will be achieved by athletes who train less and rest more in comparison to the amazing top athletes of today? For the recreational enthusiast who is obligated to devote energy to so many other areas (family, work, commuting, routine daily chores and errands, etc.), it follows that training less and taking more chill time could be a secret weapon to achieve performance breakthroughs and avoid chronic patterns that compromise not only your performance but your general health. Do we take recovery for granted? [00:00:30] What is the additive model expenditure? [00:03:57] Brad talks about his training in the old days and how wrong it was. [00:08:43] Recovery and restoration require energy. [00:11:14] Our daily energy resources are allocated to what three functions? [00:13:37] How can we be more productive? [00:22:39] What if the athletes tone things down? [00:27:00] When in doubt, chill out!!! [00:33:07] Links: Joel Jamieson podcast on Primal Blueprint channel: http://blog.primalblueprint.com/episode-211-joel-jamieson/ Rethinking Recovery: https://www.marksdailyapple.com/rest-and-recovery-a-pivotal-new-perspective/ Hadza Energy Expenditure Study 8 Weeks Out