{"id":42,"date":"2022-09-30T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prettydamnedfast.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2022-09-30T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:10:36","slug":"whats-a-recovery-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/blog\/a-ride-to-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s A Recovery Ride?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A recovery ride is a bike ride that is done at a very easy pace, usually immediately after a harder workout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The purpose of a recovery ride is to help the athlete recover from the harder workout by flushing out lactic acid, re-oxygenating the muscles, and increasing blood flow. Recovery rides are typically done at a low intensity, and are therefore not very strenuous. However, they can still be challenging for beginners who are not used to riding for long periods of time at a low intensity. If you are new to recovery rides, it is important to start with a shorter ride and gradually increase the distance as you become more comfortable with the pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a good recovery ride?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recovery ride is a bike ride that is done at a very easy pace with the main purpose of aiding in the recovery from a harder workout. It is important to keep the intensity very low during a recovery ride as this will help your muscles repair and rebuild themselves so that you can be stronger for your next workout. Recovery rides are typically done at a lower gear and at a slower pedaling cadence than usual. The distance and duration of a recovery ride will depend on the intensity of the previous workout but they are typically shorter in distance and time. It is important to listen to your body during a recovery ride and if you start to feel fatigue then it is time to end the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long is a recovery ride cycle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A recovery ride is a type of workout that is done at a very low intensity and is used to help the body recover from a harder workout. The length of a recovery ride cycle depends on the intensity of the workout that was done previously. For example, if you did a hard interval workout, you would want to do a longer recovery ride so that your body has time to recover. On the other hand, if you did an easy endurance ride, you would only need a short recovery ride. Ultimately, the goal of a recovery ride is to help your body recover so that you can be ready for your next hard workout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recovery ride is a bike ride that is done at a very easy pace, usually immediately after a harder workout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettydamnedfast.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}