Heart Rate Variability, Omega Wave, and ARP

[T-Slow]

@Angela_Coon

Hi T Slow
My first question might be if you suspect you are over cooking the high intensity aspects of your training might you not begin to make sure you are doing a few of the following things.

1. Check your diet and make sure you are in good shape with regards to supplying enough protein, complex carbs and water. Pay special attention to foods that exist in nature. Try and reduce fake anything.

2. How is your water intake? Often overlooked and rarely thought of as important especially by non professional athletes and normal people

3. Address your sleep as number one thing to get enough of. How much sleep do you get? At what time of day? Is is solid sleep or is it interrupted? Do you need aids to go to sleep? Do you need stimulants to keep you awake to train or work?

4. You need to be doing a few things for your self ( massage, hydrotherapy are my favorites) to understand a before and after effect.

Others have spoken with regards to consistency of how you take your HR .Begin with what you aready have and the information you collect will encourage you to make the changes you need.

Do you want to be a massage therapist? or just learn how to give massages? Or receive massages?
Contact Grace Chan and use the site’s name as she was a contact of Charlie’s. Sutherland and Chan Massage therapy and she may be able to assist you

Hi Angela! Thanks for responding, I hope you are enjoying the snow.

1. I followed the suggestions you made in The Jane Project, but I need to cut back on bread. I get it from a friend who is hardcore artisanal and bakes in his backyard. Try them out if you can, their miche and raisin bread are out of this world awesome :)(http://thecliffsidehearth.blogspot.com/)

2. My water intake is probably subpar. I will increase my daytime consumption. What do you suggest consuming during indoor workouts where the temperature is neutral? Mostly water? Some kind of water fortified with electrolytes?

3. The only thing I will use to aid sleep is ZMA- I am a big fan. Sleep is sometimes interrupted, but I often sleep through the night until my alarm. I have always struggled to get to bed at a reasonable hour, I’m probably averaging 6.5 hours per night, which is below my needs for sure. I will start logging sleep.

4. I have been foam rolling this year, incorporating it as part of my warmup. I am a fan of ice and hot and cold showers, and have been getting massages on a more regular basis (almost time for my annual trip to see Waldemar). I am much less tight and sore this year, which is a major improvement.

5. I’d like to at least learn how to give a half decent massage and have a clearer picture of the musculoskeletal system. If it was interesting enough, I could see myself continuing to take courses.

Thank you for all your advice, and hope to see you at the track soon.

T