It’s been a week off for the powerlifting. I may be serious about qualifying for powerlifting, but everyone needs a week off and this was a week of active recovery. I won’t fill a post with ramblings about the six days we spent walking out on the hills of the Lake District, the surprisingly good [...]
I was staying away from home the other week because of work. For the second week I had a dreadful mattressso my sleep quality was poor and by the end of four days I was stressed and physically tired. Sleep is a hugely underestimated element of athletic performance. Dan John swears by it for performance [...]
Tags:Insomnia·Recovery·Rest·Sleep·weight loss
Cortisol is an awkward inheritance. Once upon a time it had a very real purpose. Even today it still serves it’s original purpose when given the correct opportunity, in situations like earthquakes, tsumanis, attempted murder, robbery and the humble, but basic, accident. Depending on what you read it may also regularly serve it’s purpose by [...]
Tags:Bone density·cortisol·Insomnia·Magnesium·Recovery·Rest·Training·Women
Having suffered so horribly from insomnia before we went away I have now fully recovered. For the last week I have slept for about 10 hours each night. Sometimes a bit more, sometimes a fraction less. Additionally, apart from spending either two hours on the bike or 20 minutes doing lengths of the pool before [...]
