We can regain our fitness almost as quickly as we lose it, but we have to go slowly.
If your fitness has gone out the window over the holidays, don’t despair. We can regain our fitness almost as quickly as we lose it.Feeling unfit? Our bodies respond quickly to exercise, but take it slow.“At peak level of fitness as an elite athlete, you might lose that peak fitness within one week of reducing your training load,” explains Dr Andrea Mosler, a specialist sports physiotherapist and National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University.
This is why even small amounts of regular physical activity are so important for metabolic health, particularly glucose management and avoiding diabetes. As strength, power and endurance take time to build, they take longer to decline and longer to recover. Certain muscle groups become deconditioned faster than others.
“For each week of de-training, you need to reduce what you are requiring your muscles to do by about 10 to 20 per cent, depending on the activity and depending on your level of fitness,” Mosler says.
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