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Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

by Christie Aschwanden

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A skeptical tour of the recovery industry

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A skeptical tour of the recovery industry

Good to Go examines the claims surrounding athletic recovery, from familiar post-workout drinks and foam rollers to compression gear, sleep tracking, cryotherapy, float tanks, and infrared saunas. Science writer Christie Aschwanden frames recovery as a crowded marketplace of products, rituals, and performance promises, investigating what evidence supports popular practices and what remains uncertain. Examples drawn from high-profile athletes place consumer trends alongside the broader questions facing anyone who trains: how the body recovers after exertion, which interventions are worth attention, and where marketing may outpace research. The book approaches fitness culture through reported inquiry and firsthand testing of several controversial methods.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in the science behind workout recovery products
  • Athletes and exercisers sorting through recovery trends and claims
  • Readers of consumer-health and sports-science reporting

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Exercise recoverySports scienceFitness marketingEvidence and health claimsAthletic performance

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Book overview

In recent years recovery has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks and shakes to compression sleeves, foam rollers, electrical muscle stimulators, and sleep trackers.

In Good to Go, acclaimed FiveThirtyEight science writer Christie Aschwanden takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour through this strange world. She investigates whether drinking Gatorade or beer after training helps or hinders performance; she examines the latest trends among athletes, from NFL star Tom Brady's infrared pajamas to gymnast Simone Biles' pneumatic compression boots to swimmer Michael Phelps's "cupping" ritual; and she tests some of the most controversial methods herself, including cryochambers, float tanks, and infrared saunas.

At a time when the latest recovery products and services promise so much, Good to Go seeks answers to the fundamental question: Do any of them actually help the body recover and achieve peak performance?

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