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Recovery

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/rɪˈkʌvəri/nounCore term

In sports & fitness, recovery means: The process of the body returning to normal after training, competition or injury, helped by rest, sleep and nutrition.

In Turkish: toparlanma, iyileşme, rejenerasyon

How it is used

A key word in modern training. Coaches plan recovery days and recovery sessions; teams use methods such as ice baths, massage and sleep monitoring. After an injury, people speak of the recovery time or a full recovery.

Example sentences

  1. Tomorrow is a recovery session: light cycling and stretching only.

  2. His recovery from the knee operation is going well.

Common collocations

  • recovery session
  • recovery time
  • active recovery
  • make a full recovery
  • post-match recovery
  • rest dayA day in a training plan with no hard exercise, planned so that the body can recover and adapt.
  • DOMSShort for delayed onset muscle soreness: the stiffness and pain felt in muscles a day or two after hard or unfamiliar exercise.
  • foam rollerA firm foam cylinder that you lie or roll on to put pressure on your muscles, used in warm-ups and recovery.
  • injuryPhysical damage to the body, such as a torn muscle, a sprained ankle or a broken bone, especially one that stops an athlete from training or playing.
  • overtrainingDoing more training than the body can recover from over a long period, which can lead to falling performance, fatigue, poor sleep and injury.

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