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Recovery
You get fitter while you rest.
Training is the stimulus; adaptation happens afterwards, while you recover.
Sleep, enough food (especially carbohydrate and protein after hard sessions) and truly easy days are when the gains are made.
Persistent tiredness, poor sleep or a rising resting heart rate are signs to back off for a few days.
Easy days easy, hard days hard.
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When does adaptation to training happen?
Sleep, enough food and truly easy days are where fitness is built.