Oh no. Don't misunderstand....I haven't always been consistent and disciplined. I was young and dumb for a long time. But, being young and dumb....you can get away with a lot. At 51, I'm not young, anymore. The jury is probably still out on the DUMB....but, I try to avoid it most of the time.
I don't sleep much. 6 hours a night, since birth. My parents tell lots of stories from my crib days. :-) So, my sleep practices probably aren't to be modeled. The only time I can sleep 7+ hours is when I've pulled an all-nighter the day before. Even when I go on extended 2-3 week vacations, I still naturally gravitate to a 6 hr sleep pattern. Truth be told, my brain seems to prefer a 26-28 hour day. I have a hard time going to sleep on a 24 hr cycle.
Foods? I don't do anything fancy, no. The usual lean meats, fish, and veggie proteins, 2g/kg lean-mass. Vegetables of most colors...and olive oils 90% of the time. 95% whole grain starch sources. I don't do supplements or vitamins.
I'm just a pretty straight forward guy. Outside of things that are illegal, I just haven't seen any evidence to support the usage of anything to get faster except hard work.
Your stage racing use-case is a different beast from my intended question. As per Xtrapickles post above, that falls into the category of just trying to access your existing fitness day after day. Perhaps that's at the expense of performance improvement. But, in the context of a stage race, winning can be about "slowing down the least". And, as you say....if you aren't on the line in the morning, you ain't winning.
I don't sleep much. 6 hours a night, since birth. My parents tell lots of stories from my crib days. :-) So, my sleep practices probably aren't to be modeled. The only time I can sleep 7+ hours is when I've pulled an all-nighter the day before. Even when I go on extended 2-3 week vacations, I still naturally gravitate to a 6 hr sleep pattern. Truth be told, my brain seems to prefer a 26-28 hour day. I have a hard time going to sleep on a 24 hr cycle.
Foods? I don't do anything fancy, no. The usual lean meats, fish, and veggie proteins, 2g/kg lean-mass. Vegetables of most colors...and olive oils 90% of the time. 95% whole grain starch sources. I don't do supplements or vitamins.
I'm just a pretty straight forward guy. Outside of things that are illegal, I just haven't seen any evidence to support the usage of anything to get faster except hard work.
Your stage racing use-case is a different beast from my intended question. As per Xtrapickles post above, that falls into the category of just trying to access your existing fitness day after day. Perhaps that's at the expense of performance improvement. But, in the context of a stage race, winning can be about "slowing down the least". And, as you say....if you aren't on the line in the morning, you ain't winning.