It’s a word used in weight training.

Refers to a time of active recovery.

Where you dial back the intensity, the volume, or both.

It’s a step back so that when you resume your usual intensity, you’re refreshed, and able to continue either at the same intensity or even greater.

It’s a way to break through plateaus, and it’s always going to be counterintuitive to me, because so often we’re told to push through whatever we’re doing.

That slowing down means giving up.

When what it really means is that we’re catching our breath.

Gathering ourselves for what’s next.