Suppressing cortisol suppresses training adaptation; large spikes followed by quick recovery are what drive progress.

you will not see any progress from exercise training without a large spike in cortisol it is critically important when we think of phrases like cortisol inflammation stress this is not bad right physiology is not personified right there the things don't like hate you in the body right it is all is not good and bad they just are um the more you try to suppress cortisol the more you suppress adaptation