Christie Aschwanden is the lead writer for science at FiveThirtyEight and health columnist for the Washington Post. A finalist for the National Magazine Award, her writing has appeared in Outside; Discover; Smithsonian; and O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives in Colorado.
An eye-opening, myth-busting exploration of how the human body can best recover and adapt to sports and fitness training In recent years 'recovery' has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with ...[SEE MORE]