ATC 362: ‘Underrated’ Recovery Tools and Strategies, Morning vs Evening Workout Pros and Cons (Don’t Do This Exercise First Thing), Plus: Healing Post Antibiotics

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Intro Banter

• Talking strength training
• Tawnee’s go to set: SL RDLs, KB windmills, Turkish Get-ups (TGU), Pullup bar (dead hangs + pull-ups)
• KB windmills are a bit tricky to get form right and do them safely, good tutorial here.

Questions

Recovery 101:

• We talk about our favorite underrated physical recovery tool(s)/strategies that more athletes can easily take advantage of.
• Scraping
• Gua Sha (side benefit as a beauty tool)
• Rest days
• 10-Day training week to allow for more rest days

AM vs PM Workouts:

• Is doing a hard interval workout at 6am equal in effectiveness to the same hard interval workout done at 6pm?  In other words, does the time of day affect the usefulness of any workout?
• At the end of the day, workout when you can make it happen and be consistent.
• From there we outline the pros and cons of morning vs evening training, many things to consider.
  • Chronotypes
  • Why Tawnee broke up with early morning workouts.
  • A case for working out when you feel sluggish and most tired.
• Research shows we should avoid strength work that includes significant spinal flexion in the first hour upon waking (eg no good mornings right away in the morning)
  • Study: “Spinal posture and prior loading history modulate compressive strength and type of failure in the spine: a biomechanical study using a porcine cervical spine model.”
  • “The spine may be more prone to injury early in the morning when the discs are at their greatest level of hydration and/or when they are in a fully flexed posture.”
  • Dr. Stuart McGill is the expert on this.
• Meanwhile, we may be able to perform our best in short-duration, high-intensity efforts in the evening (think track).
  • Study: “Time-of-Day Effects on Short-Duration Maximal Exercise Performance.”
  • “Short duration maximal exercise performance is affected by the time of day, peaking between 16:00 and 20:00 h. However, a similar performance may be achieved in the morning hours if exercise is conducted after: (1) short exposures to moderately warm and humid environments; (2) active warm-up protocols; (3) intermittent fasting conditions; (4) warming-up while listening to music; (5) prolonged periods of training at a specific time of day. This suggests that time-of-day dependent fluctuations in short-duration maximal exercise performance are controlled not only by body temperature, hormone levels, motivation or mood states but also by a versatile circadian system within skeletal muscle.”

Getting Back To It After Significant Illness & Antibiotic Setback:

Anonymous asks: You guys gave me the best advice this summer while I was training for 70.3- thanks so much!!!! I am switching from racing 70.3 to doing the chicago marathon in October and need to build a base after being pretty sick. I have had 6 (absolutely necessary) rounds of antibiotics in the last 6 months (4 in the last 2 months) and am a bit of a mess. 1.)in July- 2 antibiotics for UTIs due to training in the local reservoir  (stay out of the Boulder Rez, kids) 2) nov 22- Dec 30- 4 rounds of antibiotics to kill two strains of E. coli and Giardia that I picked up on a trip to Morocco late September. The Giardia started “eating “ my muscles and I lost a lot of strength and speed, couldn’t complete even a 2 mile run less than 2 months after finishing Ironman 70.3, and couldn’t stay awake during the day.  It was no fun. My body has been pretty effed up with all that it’s been through and I don’t take antibiotics lightly. Don’t worry Tawnee- I am very religious in getting in lots of  prebiotics and probiotics Your browser does not support the audio element.

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