# Transcript

NICK GRANTHAN
My name is Nick Granthan. I'm a performance enhancement specialist. I work with a range of national governing bodies in sports as well as individual athletes.
Recovery is a key part of an athlete's training, because you don't actually get fitter from training. You get fitter from recovering from the training, so in order for our bodies to adapt, we have to go through a natural process where we present a stimulus; that causes the body to go into fatigue. At that point in the fatigue, we need time to recover so that the body adapts and comes back stronger, and fitter, and enhanced, ready for a better performance. Recovery really is actually the crucial part of an athlete's training, and it's often overlooked.