Concepts:
- Understand a healthy cortisol pattern
- Cortisol should peak around 30 minutes after getting up
- Manage expectations of outcome with potential stress you can’t change
- We’re arguably made for fighting saber tooth tigers (fight or flight), not
- dealing with Karen in the next cubicle
- For more nerding-out you can research the potential benefits of HRV
Guidelines:
- No exposer to emotional/mental stress the first 30 minutes of the day, or the last 2 hours of the day (restrict work and limit Karen exposure)
- If you take stimulants (caffeine), it makes the most sense pre training
- No caffeine post workout
- Post workout, breathe, be mindful, meditate, if you take supps (theanine, magnesium, taurine – optional)
- ALWAYS manage expectations of specific tools (diet, training method, split, competing, etc)
Life guidelines I’m not qualified to teach:
- Read more, watch less
- Be outside with nature more, inside less
- Live in gratitude
- Live in the now (don’t live in past regret, or in anxiety of the future)
- Learn to be content
- Live in love
- Ride unicorns on rainbows ????