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If you're a young adult who lifts weights, being stressed out doesn't seem to slow down how quickly your leg power comes back after a tough workout — at least when it comes to exercises that aren't directly using the muscles you worked.

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

Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2014 Jul

The study looked at how stress affects muscle recovery after leg workouts, and found that more stress leads to slower recovery. This goes against the idea that stress doesn’t matter for recovery.

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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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