Season1 #Episode 6: Pitchford-Let Sleeping Western Bulldogs Lie!

Episode #007 Nathan Pitchford- Let Sleeping Western Bulldogs Lie! In this episode #006, I sit down on the grass under a tree in Essen, Germany with Nathan…soon to be Dr Pitchford. Nathan is a Tassie-born lad (Tasmania is an island off Australia…but is still part of Australia…I call it the Hawaii of Australia) with a background playing soccer, cricket and football. Nathan is currently completing his PhD with Victoria University and the Western Bulldogs football club, where he is also the Head Strength Coach for the Footscray Bulldogs VFL team. Prior to this, Nathan undertook his Bachelor and Honours degrees in Exercise Science at the University of Tasmania before moving on to complete a Masters of high Performance Sport from the Australian Catholic University. Nathan’s current PhD position combines applied research investigating the relationships between sleep, training and recovery in team-sport athletes, whilst also providing day-today sport science and strength and conditioning services to athletes playing at both the AFL and VFL levels. Nathan has 5+ years’ experience working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Sport Scientist with elite youth and senior athletes. Nathan is currently involved in multiple sleep and performance related research projects including the influence of sleep extension on recovery following exercise, the influence of heat training on sleep characteristics, the influence of light exposure on travel adjustment in athletes and the habitual sleep of team-sport athletes.  Check out more about Nathan at the following links Twitter @PitchfordN Email: [email protected] Linkedin Click here to connect with Nathan   Music for this episode is courtesy of www.bensound.com Further information on Sleep4Performance Please visit our Kickstarter campaign to raise $1,000 for sound equipment for the podcast. We have some great rewards including a chance to have lunch with David Wessels and a selected player from the Force and a signed jersey from the Force. Support the Podcast on Kickstarter Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Podbean  Check out the website and sign up for blogs, podcast news and free downloads www.sleep4performance.com.au Click here for Facebook were I post regularly throughout the week. Click here for Twitter to keep up to date with my ramblings on sleep, sport and anything!!! Contact me and feedback at [email protected]