Simon Ward and Nick Littlehales

Another brilliant podcast Simon. Enjoyed Nicks insight into quality of sleep and our Circadian Rhythm. Again, many things Nick touched on resonate with me, such as finding my own ‘best pattern’ of sleep and how much do I actually need and how do I go about getting this. I’ve been experimenting over the last 6 months by monitoring my sleep and understanding how I feel when I vary the sleep times. Also, working hard to be consistent too, which I’ve found to be a key in most things i do as a triathlete. I concur that large alcohol quantity (like a family party or celebration which are few and far between) increases my resting heart-rate not only for the evening, but for the following week or two post-party. (i.e. my resting heart-rate average is say 64bpm over the year, with 77bpm post-party and doesn’t settle back to 64bpm until some dates, sometimes weeks. Daylight vs ambient light too makes a difference and working out close to seep (a swim session from 8-9). Also light food, Quark, low carb, low fat and higher protein seems to work well for me. I’ve found that 7.5hrs is my ideal state and looking at the generic Circadian Rhythm, 7.30am is when we get sharpest rise in blood pressure, melatonin stops and I feel good. Early or later and I feel groggy. 10am high alert is definitely true, post-espresso too 😜 I’ve always found it difficult to workout in the mornings, I’m a night owl and wanted to change to a morning person, but I decided to educate myself on what my body actually wants and see if I can work with this, so not going against the grain, but working with my needs. Hence, I feel best to workout between 3-5pm which coincidentally is when we have our fastest reaction time and greatest Cardio efficiency and muscle strength. This makes me happy. Another fabulous podcast Simon.

Friday Nov 17, 2017

Simon Ward, The High Performance Human Triathlon Podcast

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