Recovery is boring — and that’s the point

Tom Johansson

April 11, 2025

Recovery is boring — and that’s the point

Tom Johansson

April 11, 2025

Recovery is boring — and that’s the point

Tom Johansson

April 11, 2025

No ice baths.
No hyperbaric chambers.
No dramatic montages.

Real recovery?
It looks like doing less. Not optimizing harder.

And in high-performance spaces, that can feel… wrong. Like you’re slacking. Like you should be doing something.

But here’s the truth: good recovery is incredibly uneventful.

No ice baths.
No hyperbaric chambers.
No dramatic montages.

Real recovery?
It looks like doing less. Not optimizing harder.

And in high-performance spaces, that can feel… wrong. Like you’re slacking. Like you should be doing something.

But here’s the truth: good recovery is incredibly uneventful.

No ice baths.
No hyperbaric chambers.
No dramatic montages.

Real recovery?
It looks like doing less. Not optimizing harder.

And in high-performance spaces, that can feel… wrong. Like you’re slacking. Like you should be doing something.

But here’s the truth: good recovery is incredibly uneventful.