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Modern WisdomApr 4, 2019

#061 - Christie Aschwanden - The Truth About Sports Recovery

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Notable books mentioned: Endure by Alex Hutchinson, Good to Go by Christy Ashwandan

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The host mentions 'Endure' by Alex Hutchinson to highlight the exploration of human performance limits. This sets the stage for discussing recovery…

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Christy Ashwandan

The host mentions 'Good to Go' to highlight the importance of recovery in athletic performance, contrasting it with training-focused discussions fr…

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#061 - Christie Aschwanden - The Truth About Sports Recovery mentions Endure by Alex Hutchinson and Good to Go by Christy Ashwandan with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.

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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 Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
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  • The conversation centers on exercise recovery techniques.
  • A second recurring theme is limits of human performance.
  • Referenced books include Endure by Alex Hutchinson and Good to Go by Christy Ashwandan.
  • The strongest audience signal points to Athletes and fitness enthusiasts.

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Endure
Alex Hutchinson
Best for Athletes and fitness enthusiastsOften cited around limits of human performance

In 'Endure' by Alex Hutchinson, he discusses the rate of perceived discomfort (RPD) and how it relates to an athlete's capacity to endure stress.

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Sentiment: Passing Reference
For: Athletes and fitness enthusiasts
Key quote: His book is all about training itself, whereas mine is about the recovery process and all of these adaptations and things that happen in between workouts.
The host mentions 'Endure' by Alex Hutchinson to highlight the exploration of human performance limits. This sets the stage for discussing recovery methods, contrasting training with recovery processes.
ASIN: B078PMQPH7
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Good to Go
Christy Ashwandan
Best for athletes and fitness enthusiastsOften cited around exercise recovery techniques

The book discusses various recovery methods and their effectiveness, including the placebo effect and the science behind recovery techniques.

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Sentiment: Deep Dive
For: athletes and fitness enthusiasts
Key quote: Christy has done a fantastic analysis of all of the different ways that people are trying to recover and assess just what sort of impact they're having.
The host mentions 'Good to Go' to highlight the importance of recovery in athletic performance, contrasting it with training-focused discussions from previous episodes. Christy Ashwandan's book provides a thorough analysis of various recovery methods and their effectiveness.
ASIN: 0393357716
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