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Circadian rhythms and peak athletic performance

This article discusses a study that looked at the effect of time of day on athletic performance, specifically time to swim 200m. The performance gap between worst time of day (2am-8am) and best time of day (11pm) was a whopping 5.84s! Although not studied the article hypothesizes that it may be possible to shift the circadian rhythm to match competition schedule.

http://www.the-aps.org/press/journal/07/8.htm

Posted at 12:19PM Mar 12, 2010 by Lindsay in General  |  Comments[0]