Your 5km run is not active recovery

Goes for a 5km “Active Recovery” run on their day off from the gym.

Proceeds to test their 5km time.

Sure if you’re feeling great and want to do that, go for it. I’m not your mother. I can’t tell you what to do.

But I can tell you that it’s not active recovery.

It’s just another workout.

Exercise is a stress on our bodies. And it can be a great stress. But we also need breaks from that stress to recover.

In order for movement to support our recovery it needs to be at lower intensities. Otherwise it’s just another training stimulus.