Good to Go

What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

Hardcover, 312 pages

Published Feb. 5, 2019 by W. W. Norton & Company.

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978-0-393-25433-4
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4 stars (3 reviews)

2 editions

sen sorpresas: durmir e ter fe¹

3 stars

O libro trata desde unha perspectiva analítica a efectividade dos diferentes métodos de RECUPERACIÓN física/mental para persoas que fan deporte (analiza datos, os estudos dispoñibles no momento de escribilo) Ao pouco de comezar o libro xa tiven a sospeita de que ía ser «decepcionante», no sentido de que non había ningún método milagroso que acelerase.

Non trata sobre aumentar o rendemento (directamente), nin a resistencia, forza, etc., se non sobre asimilar o adestramento e recuperarse do esforzo.

Desde diferentes formas de crioterapia, pasando por formas de controlar a inflamación, aumentar o fluxo sanguíneo, infravermellos de diferente lonxitude de onda, ... non hai ningunha forma que de xeito concluínte demostre a súa efectividade de forma significativa como si o fai durmir.

Certo, todas elas teñen lexións de seguidoras e practicantes, pero parece existir un compoñente sicolóxico moi forte, en canto a adhesión á práctica como a sentir que funciona …

Two parts lit review, one part investigatory journalism

4 stars

If you spend enough time around amateur athletes you'll hear about all kinds of techniques and products to accelerate recovery, from "golden hours" that maximize supplement intake, to pneumatic compression pants. Good To Go investigates the science behind these products, and finds a lot of them to be overcomplicated, and claims overblown. Most athletes can maintain homeostasis by listening to their body, getting enough rest, and not overthinking it. But the author doesn't swear off every technique, and grants the value of the placebo effect. She concludes where I'm generally at: if it's not hurting you, and makes you think you're doing better, go ahead and enter that cryo recovery chamber.

One aspect I wish she'd have spent more time on were the systemic issues around this research. While she mentions issues like funding from the manufacturers, and shelving studies that show zero correlation, as a FiveThirtyEight author I was …

Review of 'Good to Go' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Great resource with excellent science-based coverage of a variety of recovery protocols, pulling no punches regarding what is hokum (looking at you, stretching) and what may be beneficial. Good to Go is a well-written and enjoyable read.