Life Battery, Adapting to Training and Life Stress

The Supersapiens Podcast

In this Episode Xylon and David discuss the concept of 'life battery' and how athletes adapt to training. Particularly in the context of other stressors such as work of family.

(00:00) Introduction

(02:55) Community Shoutouts

(05:51) Episode Starts, what is life battery?

(07:35) Effect of Stress on Glucose

(09:00) Stress and Adaptation

(12:35) Factors that impact your ability to respond to training.

(14:31) What can an athlete do to cope with stress and better adapt to training?

(19:11) How does someone know they are stressed?

(20:25) What roles do nutrition and hydration play in stress and recovery?

(23:35) What role does sleep play in recovery and stress management?

(25:37) Is timing of sleep important or just amount of sleep?

(28:38) Modifying training around recovery

(33:37) Is there a way to track life battery and recovery status?

(37:40) Modifying training around work

(38:55) Why doing perfect training sessions isn’t always the right thing to do

(43:07) Lessons from Courtney Dauwalter’s approach

(46:09) What can using Supersapiens do to help with Life Battery

Blog and Article on Using CGM David Mentions:

https://blog.supersapiens.com/optimizing-health-and-performance-with-cgm/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01910-4