Optimizing Recovery
Matt shares his strategies for optimizing recovery, including the importance of napping, prioritizing sleep, and fueling properly for marathon training. He emphasizes the need for runners to have "gas in the tank" and discusses his unique approach to training and his body type.In this clip
From this podcast
The Strength Running Podcast
268. High Mileage Tips, Tricks, and Philosophy, with Boulder Underground’s Matt Meyer
Related Questions
As an athlete, should I get more training sessions or more sleep?
Am I eating enough for my training style, which includes a 15-minute run, followed by 30 minutes of heavy powerlifting/Olympic lifting, and finishing with accessories or HIIT cardio? My goal is to lean out and speed up my metabolism, but I struggle every morning, waking up feeling sluggish, fatigued, and lost. I have to push myself to get my workout done. I work out 7 days a week for about 2 hours each session.
I have a strange feeling every day. I go to sleep for about 8h per night and do about 2-3 full body workouts per week, nothing crazy in terms of intensity, but I try to do it as heavy as I can while maintaining good form for the most of it. In terms of diet, I want to believe that I eat pretty much ok food, not much processed or take out, and most of it is home cooked. I am about 36yo, about 87kg and I feel tired and lacking drive or motivation to do much outside of going to work, my workout (some days I really have to push myself to finish it) and I am not a happy person not the energic, actually feeling kinda tired even with my "good enough" 8h of sleep per night. What should I add / regress or investigate in order to be a little more lively and not be tired?