SNR #145: Ian Dunican, PhD - Sleep, Training Timing & Performance in Elite Athletes

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🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Episode 145: Sleep & performance researcher Ian Dunican of the Australian Institute of Sport, discusses some of his work examining the effects of sleep, circadian disruption, training timing and travel schedules on the performance and recovery of elite level athletes.

Ian Dunican is currently undertaking PhD research at University of Western Australia (UWA) and Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) investigating, among other things, the impact of evening use of electronic devices on sleep and next day athletic performance, the effects of jet lag and transmeridian travel on athletic performance, and the prevalence of sleeping disorders amongst professional Rugby players.

In this episode we discuss:

What does the evidence base tell us about poor sleep and the impact for athletes?
Athlete sleep patterns
Work examining the effects of travel schedules on sleep and performance
Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool
Training timing & schedules effect on performance and sleep
Amateur athletes sleep and circadian rhythm distruption due to shift work
Is pre-training caffeine contraindicated for PM sessions?
The effect of using electronic devices by elite athletes before sleep
Future directions for research in this area

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0:00.0	I would say for the amateur athlete who was taking pre-work out after work in the evening and then going to the gym, it's probably not going to be great for you because you're trying to achieve sleep and you've got a job the next day.
0:21.6	Most of this is driven from the Rocky movie.
0:23.6	Lots of people look at that or look at these little YouTube clips of Rise and Grind.
0:27.6	And I was kind of kind of the phrase if you want to go up to the AIS.
0:31.6	Rise and Grind, I was saying, no, sleep in and win.
0:36.6	We make time for sleep. We make time for work. We make time for sleep.
0:38.3	We make time for work.
0:40.3	We make time for family.
0:41.3	We make time for socialising.
0:43.3	We make time for training.
0:44.3	Schedule time for sleep and try to Sigma Nutrition Radio, the podcast that brings you evidence-based discussions with the world's leading researchers and practitioners in fields related to nutrition and performance.
1:09.3	I am your host, Danny Lennon, and you are listening to
1:12.2	episode 145. And on today's show, we are going to again dive into the topic of sleep and look at
1:20.8	some of the research that's emerging on how sleep can affect elite level athletes. And this has
1:26.7	implications for any of you that do any
1:28.4	type of training or compete in any type of sport of just how not only sleep, but then things that
1:34.4	are going to likely influence your circadian rhythm and your sleep cycles like travel, training
1:39.7	timing and scheduling, even your nutrient timing and supplementation, how those can feed into
1:46.0	impacting your sleep that therefore is going to impact your performance directly as well as your
1:51.7	recovery.
1:52.7	And so I'm joined by Ian Dunnickin, who is a PhD researcher at the University of Western Australia
1:59.0	and does research out of the Australian Institute
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