76: When to push and when to pull the plug, with Kate Courtney and Whoop

Effective training is a balance between stressing our systems and recovery. While training does damage, it’s in recovery that we repair and get stronger. We dive into the recovery side of the training-recovery concept and talk about, first, the fundamental principle of training called super-compensation. Then, how to know when the balance between training and recovery goes too far. Then we’ll discuss ways of measuring recovery, including resting heart rate and heart rate variability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices