After a stonking weekend of sport, with so many events coming to a climax, it is worth remembering the importance of the lull after the storm. For the French national team, Angelique Kerber and Novak Djokavic there is the thrill…
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Joseph Campbell As the World Cup tournament swings from group stages to the knockout stages – for the bigger, stronger teams there is a…
This blog continues the ‘Top 10 sleep principles’ focusing on competition and sleep. Introduction to Sleep and Competion Having made it to a competition, you really don’t want sleep to get in the way of performance. But here, sleep is…
Introduction to Sleep and Travel This blog continues the ‘Top 10 sleep principles’ with a focuse on travel and sleep. In our previous post we considered general sleep issues during training. We also suggested that routines were the guardians of…
Introduction to Sleep and Training Evidence-based sleep management to support your performance and wellbeing The jury is still out on whether, by extending sleep beyond its typical duration, performance can be reliably enhanced (so-called ‘sleep extension’ interventions). What is certain,…
This blog continues the ‘Top 10 sleep principles’ focusing on competition and sleep. Introduction to the Sleep to Win Series In this guest blog series we hear from experts Kevin Morgan and Luke Gupta – on the vital component of…
I have a vision of three local folk in the ancient town of Marathon wandering about in blue and silver striped waistcoats unsure if they are looking cool, but not actually feeling cool. They are probably curious about the horizontal…
“A well-spent day brings happy sleep”, (Leonardo da Vinci) No. 10 – Sleep Sometime around the summer of 2002 I was roped into participating in a study by Charlie Pedlar. For three days, we carted down to the sleep laboratories…