Recovery & adaptation
Training is the stimulus; recovery is where you actually get stronger. This pillar covers sleep and deloads, and the free, recovery-only way SteelRep adjusts pacing for age and sex.
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Strength Training and Your Menstrual Cycle How fluctuating hormones across the menstrual cycle affect strength, recovery, and fatigue — and how to structure training around them rather than fighting them. Does Cardio Kill Your Gains? What the Science Actually Says What the 1980 interference effect study got wrong, what modern meta-analyses found, and why your VO2 max is one of the most important health numbers you have. Exercise and Mental Health: What the Research Actually Says The evidence behind exercise as a tool for mental health — what strength training does to anxiety, depression, and cognitive function, and what it does not replace.
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