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If your training has plateaued, here is what your physiotherapist should be asking you:
Sleep: How many hours are you sleeping a night, and how is the quality of that sleep? Athletes sleeping under 7 hours show significantly reduced muscle recovery and up to a 60% higher risk of injury compared to those getting 8 or more.
Nutrition: Are you eating enough to fuel the training you are doing right now? Muscle protein synthesis drops within hours of inadequate intake, meaning under fuelling for even a few days can stall strength and endurance gains regardless of how hard you train.
Recovery days: Are you actually taking them, or are they the first thing you skip? Without at least one to two full rest days a week, the body cannot complete the adaptation process that turns training stress into actual fitness gains.
HRV and stress levels: What is happening with your nervous system outside the gym? Chronically low HRV is one of the earliest measurable markers of overtraining, often showing up weeks before performance decline becomes obvious. Most of us collect the date but don’t know how to interpret it into their weekly schedule.
Training plan: How is it structured? When are your rest days, and how are your strength days spaced against your endurance days?
The order and spacing of training days directly affects the quality of each session. Strength work on already fatigued legs, or endurance sessions placed too close to heavy lifting, means you are training hard without actually building anything.
If this sounds like you, book a consultation with us so we can get you getting the results you deserve.
#mayfair #kensington #luxurywellness #physiotherapylondon
Sleep: How many hours are you sleeping a night, and how is the quality of that sleep? Athletes sleeping under 7 hours show significantly reduced muscle recovery and up to a 60% higher risk of injury compared to those getting 8 or more.
Nutrition: Are you eating enough to fuel the training you are doing right now? Muscle protein synthesis drops within hours of inadequate intake, meaning under fuelling for even a few days can stall strength and endurance gains regardless of how hard you train.
Recovery days: Are you actually taking them, or are they the first thing you skip? Without at least one to two full rest days a week, the body cannot complete the adaptation process that turns training stress into actual fitness gains.
HRV and stress levels: What is happening with your nervous system outside the gym? Chronically low HRV is one of the earliest measurable markers of overtraining, often showing up weeks before performance decline becomes obvious. Most of us collect the date but don’t know how to interpret it into their weekly schedule.
Training plan: How is it structured? When are your rest days, and how are your strength days spaced against your endurance days?
The order and spacing of training days directly affects the quality of each session. Strength work on already fatigued legs, or endurance sessions placed too close to heavy lifting, means you are training hard without actually building anything.
If this sounds like you, book a consultation with us so we can get you getting the results you deserve.
#mayfair #kensington #luxurywellness #physiotherapylondon
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