23 Aug 07 What about Jet Lag for athletics competitions?

I was interested in Jet Lag symptoms and remedies, thinking about Osaka World Athletics Champioships, and I found this interesting article by Thomas Reilly, speaking about symptoms, circadian desynchronization and reduction of jet lag. Here the most interesting extracts of the article:

• First of all: it takes 24 hours for each time zone you are passing, in order to completely recover your biorhythms.
• 2-3 days after the desembarkation are worse then the immediate day after, then gradually, it will go better and better. Even in these difficult days, there is a better day period to train, (usually from Europe to East is during the morning).
• Eastward travels are much worse than Westward ones! (Osaka case :-))
• Don’t try to get used to the new time when you are still at home (wake up in the night and go to bed at strange times)
• Sleeping time is not the only thing you have to pay attention to; light time and social time factors are also important.

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