Sleep, recovery, and performance with Shona Halson | EP#52

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You know that recovery is important for triathlon performance. But just how important is it? And how can you improve your recovery status without disrupting your life? Shona Halson, PhD, of the Senior Recovery Physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) discusses that today. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How important is recovery for triathletes? -Different recovery methods and their relevance -Sleep and its impact on performance -Screens, electronic devices and sleep COACHING: I am currently (August 2017) taking on new athletes as I transition from my engineering job to working full time on Scientific Triathlon. If you want to learn more (or already know that you want me to coach you), email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com. LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	That Triathlon Show, episode 52.
0:18.8	Hello, welcome back everybody to That Traathlon show, the podcast presented by scientific triathlon.com.
0:27.0	I'm your host Michael, and the topic of today's episode is recovery.
0:32.7	You all know how important recovery is for triathlon performance, but do you know just how important
0:39.6	it is? We'll answer that question and many more, including the different recovery methods
0:45.2	available and their relevance for both age groupers and elite triathletes, sleep and its specific
0:52.3	impact on performance, and how you can improve your sleep,
0:56.7	including tips on using screens, electronic devices and how they might affect your sleep.
1:03.7	My guest today is Shauna Halsen, PhD and Senior Recovery Physiologist at the Australian Institute of Sports, or the AIS,
1:13.0	and she knows all the instant outs of recovery for athletes,
1:17.1	both from a scientific and theoretical perspective and from an applied practitioner's perspective.
1:24.4	So, without any further ado, enjoy the show.
1:32.0	All right, it's my great pleasure to welcome Shona Halsen to this episode of that triathlon show. Welcome, Shona.
1:40.2	Thank you. Thanks very much. And you're a senior recovery physiologist at the Australian Institute of
1:46.9	Sports and anybody who follows sports science and exercise science is probably going to be
1:53.6	familiar with the AIS as it's called because you guys do a ton of great research there and a lot of
2:00.7	interesting stuff is coming
2:01.7	out of the AIS continuously. Can you give us a brief bio of what exactly it is that you do in your
2:08.4	role? Yeah, sure. So my role is a combination of direct athlete servicing, so working with athletes,
2:17.0	as well as research and PhD student
2:21.3	student supervision in particular.
2:24.3	So in terms of the actual service provision, we do a range of different things regarding
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