Dr. Anton Krige rejoins us this week to answer my questions regarding best practise on how to train safely during this relatively early phase of the pandemic. We cover not just training, but also ways to reduce stress, nutrition and supplementation, and sleep strategies.

Here are some links for the show notes that Dr. Krige prepared for us:

“Here are links for listeners to good COVID information in addition to standard PHE, NHS, CDC, WHO & John Hopkins University sites:

Dr Peter Attia https://peterattiamd.com/covid-19/ 

Chris Kresser https://chriskresser.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-resources/ 

Institute for Functional Medicine https://info.ifm.org/covid-19?utm_campaign=covid-19&utm_source=website&utm_medium=popup&utm_content=resources_learn_more 

Examine https://examine.com/topics/coronavirus/?ck_subscriber_id=361852775#supplements 

For great general COVID education that’s well explained but full of accurate facts is Medcram on Youtube - its lung & ICU specialist from the US  - it’s excellently delivered with graphics .

Recommend everyone limits total reading regarding COVID to less than 30 minutes today to reduce stress & anxiety.

Guidance for low carbohydrate approach for endurance athletes:

The art & science of low carbohydrate performance - Volek & Phinney https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Science-Low-Carbohydrate-Performance/dp/0983490716/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jeff+volek&qid=1586449503&sr=8-1

The Paleo diet for athletes - Joe Friel - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paleo-Diet-Athletes-Nutritional-Performance-ebook/dp/B0093QBOZ2/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=joe+friel+paleo&qid=1586449609&sr=8-2

Recommend Jae Grunke “The Balanced Runner”  - she’s doing 15 minute lesson per day during covid on her youtube channel - she’s a magician for curing chronic running injuries & form  - completely different approach ( very good blog breaking down top runners’ forms) - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+balanced+runner 

HIRT (high intensity repeat training as apposed to HIIT): 7-15 sec sprint - 2 minutes recovery x 5 -6 once a week  

I have a whole host of evidence based techniques for improving sleep & reducing stress which massively important for immune function but talks on their own.

Finally, a caveat regarding nutritional advice - there is some early animal evidence the higher dose of vitamin A & D, which are usually very good for our immune health, may allow easier coronavirus cell entry. We don’t know yet if this applies to humans & is contentious so therefore I would ensure adequate intake of those vitamins to prevent becoming ill but if diagnosed with COVID would discontinue any additional vitamin A & D supplementation just taking what’s in food. This may change as we learn more.”

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