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The Truth About Sports Recovery | Christie Aschwanden

Christie Aschwanden is a journalist and author of "GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery". From fancy foam rollers to cryo-therapy, sleep optimisation to compression pants... Today Christie is going to take us through every recovery method you've tried yourself or seen on Instagram, and give us the bottom line regarding their effectiveness. - Extra Stuff: GOOD TO GO Book - https://amzn.to/2YJ7mM5 Follow Christie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cragcrest Modern Wisdom Amazon Shopfront - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/chriswillx - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/modern-wisdom/id1347973549 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0XrOqvxlqQI6bmdYHuIVnr?si=iUpczE97SJqe1kNdYBipnw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - I want to hear from you!! Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

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Apr 4, 201953mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 1:35

    Introduction

  2. 1:35 – 2:30

    Christie Aschwanden

  3. 2:30 – 4:07

    Denver Sports Recovery

  4. 4:07 – 6:07

    Christies story

  5. 6:07 – 7:58

    Christies mindset

  6. 7:58 – 8:57

    Dynamic systems

  7. 8:57 – 10:08

    Marginal gains

  8. 10:08 – 11:06

    Definition of exercise recovery

  9. 11:06 – 13:47

    What happens in the body when were recovering

  10. 13:47 – 15:11

    Stress and recovery

  11. 15:11 – 16:50

    I believe the magic metric

  12. 16:50 – 19:35

    Rate of perceived recovery

  13. 19:35 – 20:59

    Building blocks for recovery

  14. 20:59 – 22:27

    Genetics and sleep

  15. 22:27 – 24:00

    How much sleep do you need

  16. 24:00 – 24:56

    Building good habits

  17. 24:56 – 27:26

    Food and recovery

  18. 27:26 – 28:35

    The anabolic window

  19. 28:35 – 30:57

    The science behind nutrition

  20. 30:57 – 31:42

    Athletes eat different diets

  21. 31:42 – 33:34

    Usain Bolt ate chicken nuggets

  22. 33:34 – 39:27

    The science behind massage

  23. 39:27 – 41:57

    Massage

  24. 41:57 – 45:09

    The Placebo Effect

  25. 45:09 – 46:05

    The IV Drip

  26. 46:05 – 47:05

    The Hangover

  27. 47:05 – 47:56

    High Altitude

  28. 47:56 – 48:57

    Training

  29. 48:57 – 50:07

    Camille Heron

  30. 50:07 – 51:39

    Is this the event

  31. 51:39 – 53:45

    Where to find Christie

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