Hey Jamie, awesome video. I really enjoy hearing about your thought process behind everything in your videos. Two questions: 1. Do you use caffeine in competition? If so, how do you avoid it complicating with sleep? 2. You mentioned the 3 hour digestive window in one of your previous videos. How do you handle refueling between sessions? Thanks, and keep it up!
HI mate, that you for your questions! 1. Yes I use caffeine in competition. It can be a struggle with sleep, there's no way really of clearing it from your system quicker (that I know of anyway). But there are a couple of things that might help. One is to drink something like a sleepy tea, which naturally will help relax you. Another is to be aware that even if you can't sleep being relaxed in bed is as good as it can be at that time, and that sleep will come. If you sit there stressing you still won't sleep, but also will be drained emotionally. And the third thing, that Craig from Swim England told me about, is to bank sleep in the days and weeks leading up to the competition. Ie if you can get an extra hour r two in bed beforehand then a lack of sleep on one day is less impactful. 2. I'm not sure about a 3 hour digestive window. But protein synthesis in the muscles can be stimulated roughly every 2 hours, which then makes sense to eat that regularly. For me on a double training day I'll eat the cereal and whey post training, around 8.30, then breakfast at 10, then eat again at 10 and 2, ready to train again at 4. Then it's cereal and whey again after, maybe 6.30, and dinner probably between 8-8.30. The only difference in a single training day is the first post training cereal and whey isn't there. I hope that helps!
@@JIngramSwimming Increases rate for back injury, don’t do it. A person at my club destroyed his back doing this for 5 years, he now has plates embedded to make sure his back isn’t hunched.
@ interesting. I would agree if you weren’t using a snorkel, but I think the snorkel lets you keep the body line, and actually encourages a lot of chest lead movement- which we ultimately want on fly
2025 world champs loading... Love following your journey mate, great to get an insight into how guys at the top of the game work! As a creator myself I can see the production quality of these videos getting better and better too... if you need any advice/tips mate just give us a shout! @tomhcoaching
Great video
@TubbiesTravels thanks mate!
Hey Jamie, awesome video. I really enjoy hearing about your thought process behind everything in your videos. Two questions:
1. Do you use caffeine in competition? If so, how do you avoid it complicating with sleep?
2. You mentioned the 3 hour digestive window in one of your previous videos. How do you handle refueling between sessions?
Thanks, and keep it up!
HI mate, that you for your questions!
1. Yes I use caffeine in competition. It can be a struggle with sleep, there's no way really of clearing it from your system quicker (that I know of anyway). But there are a couple of things that might help. One is to drink something like a sleepy tea, which naturally will help relax you. Another is to be aware that even if you can't sleep being relaxed in bed is as good as it can be at that time, and that sleep will come. If you sit there stressing you still won't sleep, but also will be drained emotionally. And the third thing, that Craig from Swim England told me about, is to bank sleep in the days and weeks leading up to the competition. Ie if you can get an extra hour r two in bed beforehand then a lack of sleep on one day is less impactful.
2. I'm not sure about a 3 hour digestive window. But protein synthesis in the muscles can be stimulated roughly every 2 hours, which then makes sense to eat that regularly. For me on a double training day I'll eat the cereal and whey post training, around 8.30, then breakfast at 10, then eat again at 10 and 2, ready to train again at 4. Then it's cereal and whey again after, maybe 6.30, and dinner probably between 8-8.30. The only difference in a single training day is the first post training cereal and whey isn't there.
I hope that helps!
@ Thanks so much! That clears up a lot!
That broke you didn’t it buddy 🤣🤣🤣💀
@@espinasse1984 it’s a tough one mate… 😂
Fly kick with a board?! My coach would kill me
@@JackSagar7 haha how come?
@ she completely disagrees with fly kick and a board as it messes with body line
@@JIngramSwimming Increases rate for back injury, don’t do it. A person at my club destroyed his back doing this for 5 years, he now has plates embedded to make sure his back isn’t hunched.
@ interesting. I would agree if you weren’t using a snorkel, but I think the snorkel lets you keep the body line, and actually encourages a lot of chest lead movement- which we ultimately want on fly
@@JIngramSwimming also increases back injury
Will you do county championships
@TubbiesTravels yep, I’m doing the 50 free. Are you?
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Love following your journey mate, great to get an insight into how guys at the top of the game work!
As a creator myself I can see the production quality of these videos getting better and better too... if you need any advice/tips mate just give us a shout! @tomhcoaching
Thanks mate, that’s what we’re working for 💪🏻