Ya Gotta SLEEP in order to PERFORM!

Apparently, the winner of this year’s Tour de France, who also won the race LAST YEAR, has a secret. He knows how to SLEEP and RECOVER.

I obviously do not.

I’ve tried everything; blackout curtains, weighted blankets, cold room, no caffeine past 10am, less than two beers a night, no overstimulation for too long…. Nothing really works. I’ve been tracking my Testosterone levels for at least 7 years, to see if that warrants intervention, but honestly, that’s an expensive and invasive step that I’m not willing to take at this time.

But I don’t sleep. And when I don’t sleep, weight management and cycling performance are challenged.

Here’s today’s Pre-Brief that describes the overview of my sleep, my weight gain, and my PREDICTED (not actual), Vo2max via Garmin Connect.