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About this episode

In this episode of the “Audio Review”, Francisco talks about everything related to fatigue, recovery and training load.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What recovery is and why it’s important
• How we couple recovery with training load
• Whether athletes can recover naturally or whether they need recovery modalities
• Does it make sense to individualise recovery
• What research we need to take recovery to the next level

Episode length = 29 minutes

About Francisco Tavares

Francisco Tavares is a strength and conditioning coach at Sporting Lisbon, Portugal as well as a PhD candidate at Waikato University, New Zealand, a performance consultant to the Portuguese Rugby Union, and a published author. Francisco’s PhD focusses on the chronic effects of cold water immersion and he has published many studies in regards to this topic.

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