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The shift in training attitudes over the past few years has been palpable. Where “no pain, no gain” was once a phrase we’d see commonly on nonsensical posters and spewing from the mouths of sweaty gym bros, it’s now just a cringey core memory that pops into our psyche from time to time. Did I really think that was motivating at one point in my life?
“All through the 90’s and early 2000’s there was a big fitness boom that came about and a push for people to stay active,” says Susy Delgado, founder of the California-based KW Recovery Lab. For two decades she’s worked in physical therapy clinics and clinical settings as an athletic trainer where she has seen the rise in weekend warriors and everyday athletes firsthand.
With that rise, one puzzle piece was missing: recovery. “It’s definitely well woven into our culture now to keep moving, but with no direct recipe or pathway or access to be able to keep moving comfortably,” she says. Without focus on recovery, that movement won’t matter.
What Is Recovery Anyway?
In 2018 when she opened the Recovery Lab she’d field…
