What does regeneration mean?
Regeneration means a process of recovery. In relation to sport, it is mainly the restoration of bodily functions.
After you have trained your body, whether in the gym or at home with your Gym backpack and a Training App the muscles must first recover from minor injuries and rebuild completely. Only when this has happened sufficiently does follow-up training make sense.
Why does your body need regeneration phases?
1. During sport, a training stimulus is set, which in the further course of the training process ensures an increase in performance and growth in the muscles. However, this process does not take place during your training, but in the subsequent regeneration phase. If you do not pay enough attention to this phase, your muscles will not be able to recover, prepare for upcoming loads and, above all, grow. If you pay attention to a sufficiently long recovery time, your training effect will be the highest and you will make the most progress.
2. Shortly after the stress, i.e. the sport, there is the open-window phase, in which your body is particularly susceptible to pathogens. The more regeneration measures and self-care time you take, such as rest, drinking plenty of fluids, and eating a balanced diet, the sooner this phase will be over again and your risk of getting an infection will no longer be as high.
If you don't take a break during training, your body is permanently under tension and stress. If you don't give your body the rest it needs after a workout, you will also be mentally under tension and won't be able to come down. If you pay attention to sufficient regeneration phases, you will give your mind the necessary strength to concentrate on the movements again in the next workout and you will ensure more balance.
4. you have probably had periods of training where no progress has been made. When overcoming such training plateaus, increasing the recovery time can help. Only when the muscles are fully rebuilt, they can receive new stimuli and develop their full effect.
