For a while, I thought the secret to getting fitter after 60 was pushing harder. More reps. Longer walks. Heavier weights. If I wasn’t sore, I wasn’t trying hard enough. Turns out, that mindset was actually making me weaker. It took a frustrating plateau — and some honest reading — to realize that recovery isn’t the opposite of training. It is training. Especially after 60, when our bodies don’t bounce back the way they did at 35. What Happens When You Don’t Recover After 60, your body produces less growth hormone and takes longer to repair muscle tissue. When you train hard every single day without adequate rest, you get:…