This is the most powerful & holistic way to look at recovery 🙌 Running, strength training and racing is all part of our life…but so is the rest of our day to day - family, work, relationships. We need to keep a pulse check on how we are balancing all the “stressors” of life to make sure we are taking care of our health. This is THE #1 DATA point that will give you quick feedback to check in on your individual physiological recovery/readiness levels. In this episode we talk about heart rate variability (HRV): What a high vs low HRV looks like & means. ANS - Sympathetic & parasympathetic pathways and how our body responds to them as correlated to day to day activities.  How to record & find HRV. What normative data for HRV is for you. How to use HRV to its advantage so you are always getting optimal recovery! Share this episode with your running friend who you know would benefit from this knowledge.  I’d love to hear how this episode impacted you 🙌 shoot me a direct message through instagram. I’d love to know the faces and runners behind our listeners. If you’re not already follow along with us day to day at @accelstrengthconditioning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices