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@TopCat

For sure you wouldn’t want to use RICE all the time because of the potential for this. Why we are interested in ARP is because we are trying to “kick start” the healing process by trying to get the body to adapt more efficiently. The two are quite different. You still have to wait for adaptation to occur but the aim is to reduce the period of the cycle to increase density.

So is the ARP more about creating favorable conditions for self-regeneration, as opposed to directly facilitating recovery? And by recovering faster, you can potentially train more frequently?

How does this apply when you move into uncharted territory (PBs) where the fatigue response is unknown, even prior to considering ARP usage? Does the usage of ARP aid in determining the magnitude of the response, or it could it make it harder due to adding another ‘unknown’?

Do you believe that these conditions are created at the neural level, the fascial level, or both?

Thanks.