Dr. Jennifer Ashton gave her fans a glimpse into her recovery routine while showing off her defined physique in a plunging black swimsuit.
The former GMA star, 57, has been "training at a new level of intensity" over the last few months, recently sharing the results of her hard work in a before-and-after photo.
However, on Monday, Jennifer stressed the importance of "deload" days while soaking in a plunge pool in a skintight bathing suit.
Jennifer shared videos of herself, one of which you can watch below, in a hot tub, a cold plunge pool, a sauna, and under a red-light therapy machine, accompanied by a lengthy caption that explained the benefits of taking time to recover after exercise.
"Today's recovery routine: hot tub, cold plunge, sauna, red light therapy. I went to a place that has them all, which is great, but if you don't have access to that, hot baths/showers or cold baths/showers can work too," she wrote on Instagram.
"I touched on this earlier in the week, but it's worth saying again because deload weeks are one of the most underused tools in training. When we're constantly pushing the body without ever planning a structured window to recover, we don't actually adapt. We just accumulate fatigue."
© InstagramShe continued: "A deload is what gives everything we've been building, the strength, the muscle, the cardiovascular capacity, the chance to actually take root. And this is the week where the supportive habits matter more than any single recovery modality.
"Nutrition, hydration, and sleep have to be the focus, not fancy wellness hacks. Adequate protein gives the body the raw material to rebuild muscle. Hydration supports every metabolic and cellular process involved in repair.
© Instagram"And sleep's where the real work happens, where growth hormone gets released, tissue gets restored, and the nervous system resets. If those three aren't dialed in, no amount of cold plunging or red light is going to move the needle."
Explaining the benefits of a sauna and red light therapy, "since the science is worth knowing," Jennifer added: "Heat stress from the sauna increases blood flow, which supplies more nutrients and anabolic hormones to muscle tissue and optimizes recovery.
© Instagram"Red light therapy has moderate evidence behind its potential to increase mitochondrial ATP production, decrease residual inflammation and CK levels, and attenuate soreness."
She concluded: "Deload weeks aren't a break from the work. They're the part of the work that makes everything else possible. And the workouts done in deload should be shorter, lighter, and less taxing: they shouldn't be non-existent."
© InstagramLast week, Jennifer credited the change in her body to the Ajenda Wellness Experiment that she built with professional trainer Korey Rowe.
"This phase is not maintenance, and it is definitely not a plateau. It's progression," she explained. "None of it came from one magic workout, a supplement stack, one hack, or one dramatic January reinvention. It came from the boring, challenging things."
