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Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

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The ability to recover quickly from an intensive training session or match can be extremely advantageous to sports performers. Sport and fitness participants are increasingly using strategies such as ice baths and compression clothing to enhance their recovery from intensive exercise, but how effective are these strategies? Do they really speed up the recovery process? To answer questions such as these this free course ‘Recovery strategies in sport and exercise’ investigates the science behind recovery exploring the physiological processes involved in training and recovery and the potential role of recovery strategies.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

recognise the importance of recovery in an exercise programme
evaluate the role of recovery strategies in sport and exercise
identify the challenges of investigating recovery strategies.

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First Published: 21/03/2016

Updated: 25/05/2018

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Ramadan Sayed Ahmed Rabeh 30 April 2026 3:01AM

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very good course

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Zach Van Stanley 20 September 2025 10:10PM

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This course was fairly underwhelming to someone with a bit of training experience. It may be that I already have experience with NASM and ACE, but I was expecting more about the research. The basics of this subject are that sleep and rest are the most important factors, and although there were some caveats about the methods shown in the course, there was too much endorsement of methods without evidence to back them up. I appreciated the later sections about the research and the linked Recovery Guide, but I expect more from a Level 2 course.

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