Recovery: Spin or rest

phreak

I was wondering what's the best form of recovery after some heavy rides, a gentle spin or complete rest?

whyamihere

I prefer a very gentle 30 minute spin on my rollers, just to get my legs moving. May be completely wrong, but it feels better for me.

andrewgturnbull

phreak wrote:

I was wondering what's the best form of recovery after some heavy rides, a gentle spin or complete rest?

Sleep!

phreak

Sleep spinning it is then

Alex_Simmons/RST

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Bronzie

I find that an easy recovery ride followed by some stretching the day after a hard ride will ease sore muscles more than doing nothing at all.

mclarent

I have a 25 min commute mon - fri, and as my hard sessions include tuesday and thursday I use the commute to spin on rest days. It's hard not to burn it (FCN's and all), but I do feel the benefit...