How Elite Athletes Manage Jet Lag and Travel Fatigue to Optimize Performance with Tom Clark

About this episode

The episode discusses how elite athletes manage jet lag and travel fatigue to enhance their performance.

If you work with athletes who travel, tell me if you’ve seen this before. They fly across the country, and when they show up, something just feels off. Reaction time is slow. They’re moody and irritable. OR they’re just tired flat when it really matters. And we usually treat it like it’s just a sleep […] The post How Elite Athletes Manage Jet Lag and Travel Fatigue to Optimize Performance with Tom Clark appeared first on Robertson Training Systems .

People in this episode

Guest: Tom Clark

Topics covered

• athlete performance
• travel fatigue
• jet lag
• health
• fitness

Keywords

• jet lag
• travel fatigue
• reaction time
• athlete performance
• sleep

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