Recovery: The Rest of the Story
Reflection essay by: Alexander Wynne 09/10/2016 During the process of intensively researching my article and its contents I have come to the conclusion that I have learned and reinforced what I had already known. I will give the presentation tomorrow and needless to say this information comes natural to me. I have lifted for three years and now and concerned about diet, nutrition, sleep, and reducing stress levels now more than ever since I am in college and Army ROTC. However, there were quite a few concepts that I never realized or considered to be beneficial til researching this article. Those concepts include: the benefits of thermotherapy, manual therapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and how adversely recovery is effected without proper …show more content…
I do also agree with the author, yet, I thought there were fragments that were missing and that the article was too concise. The author did get their point across to the reader which is the main goal. I felt as if providing a background about anatomy/physiology is extremely important so the parasympathetic nervous system fits perfectly with rest and recovery for that is the subdivision of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and recovery. I also feel as if the section of the article on periodization plans could be condensed to just training plans and their positive effects, however, the author mentions an exceptional point reflecting on setting realistic goals when devising a training plan. Also I feel another piece may possibly be missing such as delayed onset muscle soreness. The author lightly touches on soreness and its adverse effects but I think the points of recovery would be portrayed much more effectively if the author went into depth with what, how, and the effects that soreness has on the body. Nevertheless, the author has exceptional points on lifestyle conditions
Reflection essay by: Alexander Wynne 09/10/2016 During the process of intensively researching my article and its contents I have come to the conclusion that I have learned and reinforced what I had already known. I will give the presentation tomorrow and needless to say this information comes natural to me. I have lifted for three years and now and concerned about diet, nutrition, sleep, and reducing stress levels now more than ever since I am in college and Army ROTC. However, there were quite a few concepts that I never realized or considered to be beneficial til researching this article. Those concepts include: the benefits of thermotherapy, manual therapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and how adversely recovery is effected without proper …show more content…
I do also agree with the author, yet, I thought there were fragments that were missing and that the article was too concise. The author did get their point across to the reader which is the main goal. I felt as if providing a background about anatomy/physiology is extremely important so the parasympathetic nervous system fits perfectly with rest and recovery for that is the subdivision of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and recovery. I also feel as if the section of the article on periodization plans could be condensed to just training plans and their positive effects, however, the author mentions an exceptional point reflecting on setting realistic goals when devising a training plan. Also I feel another piece may possibly be missing such as delayed onset muscle soreness. The author lightly touches on soreness and its adverse effects but I think the points of recovery would be portrayed much more effectively if the author went into depth with what, how, and the effects that soreness has on the body. Nevertheless, the author has exceptional points on lifestyle conditions