💊Daily Pill: Anaerobic Recovery
🥊One more round
The Daily Pill is a series of very short daily posts where I share the definition of a medical term I think we should all know. Read it every morning and build up your medical vocabulary.
🥊Anerobic Recovery
Anaerobic recovery refers to your body's ability to recover after intense, short bursts of activity that do not rely on oxygen for energy production, such as sprinting, lifting heavy weights, or fighting. This attribute is what helps improve your ability to perform high-intensity activities and recover quickly - by enhancing your muscles' capacity to generate energy without oxygen, using energy sources stored directly in the muscles themselves.
To improve your anaerobic recovery and performance, focus on HIIT and strength training - particularly with heavy weights and fewer repetitions. This type of training helps build up your anaerobic recovery by increasing muscle power and the body's ability to use energy stores efficiently during high-intensity efforts.
🤔Why you need to know
Improving anaerobic recovery is crucial for sports that require quick recoveries between intense efforts. Rings a bell? This is what allows you to recover in between rounds - Can’t go to open mat with trash anerobic recovery.
🧠Trivia
Cheetahs rely heavily on anaerobic metabolism during high-speed pursuit. These chases are usually short lived and are followed by a significant recovery period where they rest and pant heavily. This allows them to recover from the intense physical exertion which primarily utilizes anaerobic energy systems due to the high intensity and short duration of their sprints.
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