Day of Rest

Whew, what a workout last night. It was definitely long and challenging. Making today prefect for rest. Speaking of rest, let's talk a little about recovery.

Recovery is necessary for the adaptation process, and tissue repair. Lack of recovery can lead to exhaustion and overtraining. Exhaustion is the result of short-term imbalances of stress and recovery, whereas overtraining is the long-term result. Overtraining causes declines in tissue repair and nervous system fucntion. It can create hormonal imbalances and often results in severe deficiencies of the immune system, leaving a person weaker, chronically fatigues, mentally drained and prone to illness and injury. Here is where self-awareness, instinct and common sense must be applied along with the science of Dave's programming. Take your days off to relax and enjoy life. Find some outdoor activity to do with friends or family. And most importantly rest. There is a method to all of Dave's madness.

And take Jen's advice from a while back to play a sport or learn a new sport. Here is a fun little snippet of a video I found of a unique competition. I am not implying that this is an appropriate rest/recovery activity. However, I do feel this might be fun for all Paleo eaters to do with the cheese they don't eat! :)