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Recovery

4 articles on recovery from the coaching floor.

Do older lifters really need more recovery timerecovery

Do older lifters really need more recovery time

Gym lore says recovery falls off a cliff with age. The evidence is mixed, and your sleep and training history predict it far better than your birthday.

What deep sleep does for muscle repair and recoverylongevity

What deep sleep does for muscle repair and recovery

Deep sleep is when your body actually repairs muscle. Here is the recovery physiology, from growth hormone to overnight protein synthesis, explained plainly.

Sore is not the signal: what DOMS does and doesn't meanstrength

Sore is not the signal: what DOMS does and doesn't mean

Soreness feels like proof a workout worked, but it's a poor gauge of muscle growth. Here's what DOMS really is and what to track instead.

Deload weeks: why backing off makes you strongerstrength

Deload weeks: why backing off makes you stronger

A deload week is a planned easy week that sheds fatigue so your real fitness shows up. Here is the fitness-fatigue model behind it, and how to run one.