The Triathlon Mental Performance Podcast · Neil Edge

The Science of Control: How Your Autonomic Nervous System Shapes Performance

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Neil Edge explains how the best athletes shift between calm and controlled aggression for autonomic mastery.

Host Neil Edge explains how the autonomic nervous system controls athletic performance, detailing the balance between sympathetic activation and parasympathetic recovery. He provides practical guidance on using heart rate variability to train smarter and achieve autonomic mastery for better race decisions and faster recovery.

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