Jay Campbell

Recovery Following Exercise

Most athletes know that getting enough rest after exercise is essential to high-level performance, but many still over train and feel guilty when they take a day off. The body repairs and strengthens itself in the time between workouts, and continuous training can actually weaken the strongest athletes.

Jay Campbell comes on the show to discuss how building recovery time into any training program is important.

Jay Campbell is a Graduate Student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and will be completing his doctorate this May in Exercise Physiology. He also currently serves as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). His dissertation research focuses on recovery patterns and muscle damage in trained females after intense resistance training with or without a post-exercise carbohydrate-protein beverage. Mr. Campbell is a former coach for women's gymnastics at the elite and collegiate level. After completing coaching stints at The Ohio State University, the University of Rhode Island, and Springfield College, Mr. Campbell returned to school and focused his doctoral research on the injury patterns associated with women participating in high-level and recreational sport. Mr. Campbell has more than six years of teaching experience at the university level and a publication record extending from thermoregulation during exercise to the efficacy of using sport beverages to aid in exercise recovery. Mr. Campbell is a successful entrepreneur and has provided consulting services to many of the top gymnastic clubs in the country regarding competitive preparation, nutritional interventions, physical conditioning, as well as, effective coaching and leadership approaches.

Melanie Cole, M.S.

4 / 6 / 2010