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Hi, and welcome to the motorsport coaching podcast sponsored by motivate Training Management. This is a podcast where we talk to drivers and industry experts to help you maximize your performances on and off the track. Let's get started with today's show. Hey crew, welcome to our weekly q&a. I hope everyone is keeping well. And well, it's cold last couple of days. We've over here in Australia we have run through of the string Kenny Championships coming up this week and the mate. And so make sure if you're coming to bring your really jackets because it is freezing. Every time today we are talking about travel travel as an athlete. I guess the whole month of June, happy first of June is that we're talking about a wellness over offered driver. So over the next couple of weeks until we talk about travel. Next week, we're going to talk about sleep stress and then recovery and the importance it plays for athletic performance. Don't forget this group is around about fitness, nutrition, and mindset as an athlete, and specifically for motorsports. And I believed in nicely for those who I haven't met. And if you haven't listened to the podcast, as well, we do have a podcast called motorsport coaching podcast where there's loads of free resources around those topics that can get you started. All right, so at this meeting, there will be a PDF available after today's live, and that you can download and just some tips and strategies around about how to travel safely, especially for our American friends. We know that when you do travel for motorsports over there, you definitely are going over a few timezones to get to your events. So it's important to get your body back into tune, in order to get the best out of your body when you are away. So some of the things I want to talk about is obviously when you are traveling interstate or international is making sure that you are prepared. So preparation is key for effective performance. Again, especially if you are traveling over different time zones, or going to different excuse me different states as well and get more so for our American picks. When you are traveling on on your travel bag, make sure that you take plenty of water. So Hydration is key when you are flying. And also like when you're driving, make sure that you're taking regular stock so that you can get out and stretch. And because you don't want to get a dehydrated or be lots of cramps. Also make sure that when you are telling to take your medication and with you if you have and your own snack. So one of the biggest things is that when people do trial for sports, and again, if you're a party, that could be like out to every single weekend across your nation, that obviously the food requirements can differ and you know the type of foods available, especially if you have a specific diet that you adhere to. So make sure that you do take your adequate snacks with you and when you are traveling.
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What are the high risks of traveling it is obviously getting illnesses and injuries, especially on flights. So as we know, the air cons and stuff like that, but also not so much on the shorter flights or anything like short flights or anything under three hours. But we know that there's an increase of illnesses, thanks to the aircon on those longer haul flights. So make sure again, especially COVID that even though you might not have to wear a mask, most of the times over here in Australia still have to wear a mask on a play. But you know, it'd be better to be more prepared than less prepared. And so again, making sure that you're wearing a mask, taking that hand sanitizer, all of those things that we should have been doing over the last couple of months. It's just still best practice to continue that. And when we are traveling, especially for performance or for athletes, when you're going to an event because last thing you want to do is get sick before you have to go and compete. Other things you need to be mindful guineas fatigue. So I know most of us let fly out late on Thursday night and flight late home on Sunday night. But really those flights and again, depending on how far you're offline is really important for fatigue and Casey things like late flights, if you've got long delays, there were post flights. You could have some sort of anxiety already before going to the event. Depending on what type of event it is, it could be your first time driving it in this category. It could be the one off Australian national event. So be mindful of the times that you're actually booking your flights as well. Because it does affect your performance in next day with things like your concentration, your alertness, also your ongoing sleep. disruptions can be affect excuse me, it can be affected. Again, if you're not sleeping your regular routine if you're not eating your regular foods. And of course if you're not training in the same way so really good my Fill up when you are booking flights, I know sometimes we don't have that flexibility due to our other external factors factors like school or work and stuff like that. But do be mindful of that when you are booking travel, when you're booking your flights or you are going to drive that you think about the time and you know, when do you normally go to bed, if you normally do go to bed at nine o'clock, you wouldn't want to be booking at 8pm flight, okay, especially if you've got a three three hour flight ahead of you because obviously going to be behind the eight ball. So just be more mindful around the type of the flights that you're booking. And then the great thing of jetlag, so again, not so much with those shorter flights. But again, if you're traveling overseas, especially just for an international event for for the weekend, you need to be mindful of the jetlag. So we suggest, like you know, a few days before that you actually travel, start to start living in that to actual time. So especially if it is just a one off event. So you wouldn't adjust your meals, you want to adjust your sleep time, even your exercise training, and things, there's things like with light exposure, and the blue lights and things like that they can help with you performance in your concentration when you are trying to adjust to the jetlag. But it is a very big factor in performance. Again, it can cause illnesses such as like gastro, any of those kind of anxiety type bugs, if you're not in your normal seat of your normal practice routine, of how you grow and attend to and day to day event. And worst case scenario, if you need to, there's also a supplement called melatonin that you can take. And again, just depending on how well you sleep, because we know that if you don't sleep well, and we're going to go a lot more to sleep next week in our q&a, how that can affect your performance. Again, Tim, if you've got any questions, please pop them into the question box in below, and I can get them answered. Or if you're watching this at a later stage, please comment and I'll get back to you. Again, there will be a PDF available for you after today to pick with some a few tips to help you with your travel. Okay, so I mentioned we think international travel obviously the time sorry. So again, for our international friends in America who have to go over a few times to get to your event. Be mindful of those time zones. And again, just try and get your body into that habit before you actually get to the event, especially if you're only going there for a one off event. International travel may cause mild hypoxia. So what that is, is that basically, if you're flying too much, there could be an absence of oxygen in the tissues to sustain your body function. So again, that comes down to long drives as well. That if you're just sitting into one spot for for a long period of time and not getting any movement to that those muscles, you can get quite uptight and restricted in your movement. So it's good that you keep moving, keep stretching, especially get on those long haul flights. And that's another tip is making sure that you are regularly getting up and stretching those muscles.
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Obviously, this changes into external environments. So if you're freezing cold Victoria, and then you're going out to the sunny shot Sunshine Coast in Queensland, which isn't really sunny at the moment. But anyway, if you're going, maybe you're flying over to Singapore for the weekend. And be mindful of those, that the changing of the environments, that hot and cold environment or vice versa, the culture, the hot environment. Again, make sure that you've been getting your body prepare for that change of environment a few days prior to the event. We know that with international travel, that things that can affect your performance, when you're traveling as obviously the psychological or the physiological. And also your behavior can all have that effect on that performance. So making sure that you really have a clear understanding of what that race meeting is all about. For example, how long have the laps, how many hits if you've got what's the conditions like? What's the food on offering, where can you go and eat, even down to your bedding, which we're going to talk about next week again when it comes to sleep. But again, there's so much more around athletic performance than just fitness, nutrition and mindset. So it's all of these other contributing factors that can affect your performance at the end of the day. We mentioned as well as the food, okay, so most of us do go away traveling, we're competing on the weekends, and quite happily compete during the day and then head off to the local pub, or the pastor place in the evening. But again, make sure that, again, if you've got any dietary requirements that you're planning ahead, excuse me, and that bed is still that you're taking your own food with you where you can meet and it will be mindful of the alcohol. So the different types of alcohol that's available in the countries in the different states. And we don't want to definitely be going out and try anything new on race weekend. So there's just about five or six tips guys about traveling about getting up already into into tab prior to going to the event. Be mindful about flights, food, hydration, medications, and sleep. Again, there be a PDF available for you to download. If you've got any questions, pop them in before, don't forget over on the Mosport coaching podcast, we do have a whole heap of references again that you can tap into. Of course you've got any questions at any time and you look want to book in a free chat. Yeah, don't hesitate to get in contact around anything fitness, nutrition and mindset wellness of a driver. And again next week we'll be concentrating on sleep and with the whole month of June being wellness of a driver. I hope you enjoyed this quick episode this week. Tim has a fantastic way to stay safe, stay warm. Good luck if you're racing on the weekend, and I'll see you next Wednesday. Well thanks everyone for listening to this week's show. I really hope you enjoyed that one as much as I did. Now remember all the show notes with the links and the specials mentioned in today's show are available over at motivate training.com Today you if you haven't already, I'd really appreciate if you could head to iTunes or Stitcher typing motorsport coaching SUBSCRIBE And leave us a review each week or read them out and you're going to multi George with a fantastic price. You have any questions or comments please email us at motivate training.com.au or head over to our Facebook page at motivate t until next time, take care
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