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Recovery walk

Walk easily for 10–25 minutes, finishing refreshed rather than tired.

Recovery walk — illustrative movement reference

Target muscles

Heart, lungs and working leg muscles

Setup

Choose a safe route or adjust the machine, begin with 5–8 easy minutes, and pick an effort that matches your experience.

Perform the move

Walk easily for 10–25 minutes, finishing refreshed rather than tired. Ease down for about five minutes. Record duration and effort; increase one variable at a time and allow recovery between hard sessions.

Why use it?

Accumulate sustainable aerobic work and support weekly activity. A conversational pace can fit around harder strength or sport sessions.

Common mistake

Treating a recovery walk as a pace test.

Alternative

Rest day

TECHNIQUE REFERENCEOpen the complete movement guide

Use the setup, movement, common mistake and easier option above. A selected external demonstration for this exact variation has not been added yet.

Exercise within a comfortable range. Stop if a movement causes pain.

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