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Want to perform better? Better drop the phone!

Coach Nate Wilson discusses the effects of smartphones on triathlon performance

Nate Wilson coaching in Boulder

Coach Nate Wilson on the watch

TLDR of the study: Athletes that used smartphones pre-competition performed worse subjectively (coached assessed) and objectively via the Stroop Test (a test that measures mental fatigue) than control groups.

Athletes that were on a smartphone or played video games pre-competition were measured to have higher blood-lactate levels AND slower reaction times. Races can be won, lost, or DNF’d based on the quality of race-time decisions.

We asked World Tour cycling team performance manager, and Olympic gold-medal-winning coach, Nate Wilson, his thoughts on how the findings of this study are related to triathlon performance.

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