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If you're feeling more stressed, you might bounce back slower after a tough workout — like not jumping as high as usual for a few days — and it could be because stress affects your muscles or motivation.

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Chronic Psychological Stress Impairs Recovery of Muscular Function and Somatic Sensations Over a 96-Hour Period

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2014 Jul

The study shows that people with more stress take longer to recover strength after hard leg workouts, which supports the idea that stress slows muscle recovery, even if it didn’t specifically test jumping.

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Chronic Psychological Stress Impairs Recovery of Muscular Function and Somatic Sensations Over a 96-Hour Period

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DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000000335

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