Rest and Recovery: A Crucial Step for Athletes Aly Raisman's recent admission that she no longer feels guilty about resting her body when it needs to has sparked a much needed conversation in the world of sports.
As an Olympic gymnast, Raisman knows firsthand the societal pressure to perform at all times, even when injured or exhausted.
The pressure to perform is particularly acute in individual sports like gymnastics, where a single error can have severe consequences for athletes' mental and physical health.