Summary: In the 73rd episode of the Historic Performance Podcast, I chat with Heidi Thornton. Heidi is a Sport Scientist at the Newcastle Knights Rugby League Club based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In addition to her role at the Knights, she is also a PhD Candidate at La Trobe University where her research looks at the interactions between competition and training demands, sleep activity, and immunoendocrine responses of contact sport athletes. In this episode, Heidi talks about the relationship of sleep & immunoendorcrine responses in competitive rugby athletes, how to individualize sleep prescriptions, talking to professional players about their sleeping habits, & the sport science gender gap.
