A Simple Test for Gauging Recovery & Workout “Readiness” | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So we'll talk about soreness and getting better , stronger , more repetitions , et cetera . And then the systemic level , the level of the nervous system . And I'd love for you to tell us about the uh the tool that again I learned from you , which is actually using a physical scale because it turns out this is that it will let you tell what the tool is .

A Simple Test for Gauging Recovery & Workout “Readiness” | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

But , you know , or maybe something else is wrong with me , but I'm sure there are many things else wrong with me . But um , how do you assess recovery at the local level ? Meaning at the level of the muscles ?

A Simple Test for Gauging Recovery & Workout “Readiness” | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

And it can vary from muscle to muscle in that person over the course of time . A as you mentioned , because the systemic recovery is gonna impact all those muscles anyway . But let's say you're systemically recovering every muscle itself is going to have AAA , you know , a recovery rate .

A Simple Test for Gauging Recovery & Workout “Readiness” | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

A as you mentioned , because the systemic recovery is gonna impact all those muscles anyway . But let's say you're systemically recovering every muscle itself is going to have AAA , you know , a recovery rate . And I think what's fascinating is that when you talked about before we like to train this week or we have uh like the way our mind looks at training .

A Simple Test for Gauging Recovery & Workout “Readiness” | Jeff Cavaliere & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Um So it's all really interesting stuff . But as far as the , the uh the systemic , you know , recovery , I think there's a lot of ways , you know , people talk about resting heart rate measured in the morning . Um all different kinds of , of um you know , core temperature and things like that , that might become altered in a state of uh non recovery .