How do you do recovery?

[abyssinia]

*waves* This comm has been pretty quiet but hopefully there's still some people around.

In my early 30s I was very active in a variety of ways (multiple recreational sports, crossfit, bike commuting, etc) but then I spent several years going through a tailspin of moving/illness/etc. which saw me spending significant periods sedentary or getting minimal exercise.

I'm now in my late 30's and working on getting back to being active and trying to be slow/methodical about it through a mixture of recreational sports, running, and getting back into Crossfit. I've been working hard to build slowly and incorporate rest days. But I'm still finding post-workout recovery to be much harder than it used to be. I seem to be tired/sore after exercise for a much longer time or much more intensely than I feel like I should be.

I don't know if this is just the price I'm paying for being older and trying to get back into shape, or if I'm doing recovery work poorly. So I was curious what other people do for recovery - things they find helps or hurts? I'm interested in things like activity level/type, possibly food/nutrition, or other things I can do.

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[kharanaodell]

I do yoga one day, weight/core stuff with some aerobic exercise the next, run the next. If I need a rest day, I try to do gentle yoga or take a long walk. This keeps me healthier than taking a whole day off, though occasionally I do that. Repeat this set of days. I've been using the Run Fast, Eat Slow cookbooks as a really helpful way to fuel well with real food. Chew. Swallow. I found protein shakes really unhelpful with my relationship to food.

I've also recently found the chiropractor helpful, something I'd never tried before. A stretching massage is good, too.

Thanks for starting a conversation!