Following a workout, the recovery, restortation, and adaptation processes begin. Restoration consists of the restoration of muscle glycogen levels.
Adaptation consists of the gene transcription and translation processes.
Brain and Immune cell function is the major mechanism of workout recovery. The process of workout recovery involves the invasion of damaged tissue by immune cells called neutrophils. Other immune cells called macrophages, come in and gobble-up the neutrophils. Neutrophils are activated within the first 30 minutes following the workout. These and other immune cells release substances called cytokines that they use to communicate.