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Historic Performance Podcast #73 - Heidi Thornton
Category: Sports & Recreation
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Publish Date: 2016-10-27 08:42:04
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In the 73rd episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I interview Heidi Thornton. Heidi is a Sport Scientist at the Newcastle Knights Rugby League Club based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

In addition to her role, Heidi is also a PhD candidate at La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia where she is looking at the interactions between competition and training demands, sleep activity, and immunoendocrine responses of contact sport athletes by doing applied research with the Newcastle Knights.

In this episode, Heidi talks about the relationship of sleep & immunoendorcrine responses in competitive rugby athletes, how to individualize sleep prescriptions, talking to professional players about their sleeping habits, & the sport science gender gap.

Overview of Podcast Episode

Here is a brief outline of what we covered in the show - 

  • Heidi's Background + Current Role
  • Phd Research Overview
  • Relationship of sleep & immune system
  • How to determine optimal individual prescription of sleep
  • Correlation between poor quality of sleep & illness in competitive rugby athletes
  • Challenges of being a woman in sport
  • How to attract more women into high performance positions
  • Recommendations of young sports scientists
  • How to contact?

Connect with Heidi

Twitter: @Heidit09 

E-mail: Heidi Thornton

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