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What is Active Recovery?
Light movement on rest days to promote blood flow and recovery.
In context
Active Recovery is a key concept in training. Light movement on rest days to promote blood flow and recovery. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.
Nishaana is built around ideas like this: it tracks the numbers behind them automatically, so the theory shows up as real progress in your logbook rather than staying abstract.
Related training terms
Common questions.
What does active recovery mean?
Light movement on rest days to promote blood flow and recovery.
What category does active recovery belong to?
Active Recovery is a term from training in strength and fitness training. Browse more training terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does active recovery matter for training?
Understanding active recovery helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.
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