Fitness pros explain how to read your body’s cues, prevent overtraining, and maintain long-term progress.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muscles Grow During Rest: You can spend the rest day between intense training sessions on the couch—or should you move around for ...

Rest is an important piece of any exercise routine, and on some days all your body needs is a long lounge on the couch. But active recovery, which falls somewhere between a full rest day and a workout ...

WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kane Footwear, a leader in the active recovery footwear industry, today launched its second shoe model, the Kane Revive AC, the best recovery shoe for year-round ...

Older runners need to up their recovery game in order to run for a lifetime. Here, the science- and expert-back strategies ...

In the world of sports, athletes build recovery into their schedules because it is an essential part of their job. They don’t consider it a “nice-to-have” or something they might possibly get to if ...

Taking a day off doesn’t mean doing nothing. That’s not what active recovery looks like. Then what is active recovery. Our expert explains. “Light activity — like walking, yoga, stretching, or an easy ...

This article is part of SELF’s Rest Week, an editorial package dedicated to doing less. If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that taking care of yourself, physically and emotionally, is ...

During rest, muscles grow: You can spend the day off between intense training sessions on the couch—or should you move around for better recovery? Photo: Getty Images, Collage: FITBOO Rest Day vs.