vanioMan
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In Melbourne, we read that you were sleeping in a room with air conditioning set at 19.44 ° C, ideal temperature for you to recover better...
For the 0.44, it was not so simple. I could only control the 19 degrees...
Did it work ?
I slept better. But, obviously, it did not work well, with the results I had there (eliminated in the quarter-finals by Nadal in three sets) ...But I try to take that kind of things into consideration, especially with all the injuries I've had. I try to be very meticulous. In my preparation, I try to control the things I can influence. On the court, during the game, there is basically little that you can control once you get started. I try to be disciplined and effective.
To what extent ?
For example, when I wake up, I try to find out what energy I will have for the day ahead. I check my heartbeats every morning to see if I have recovered enough, or not. And I adapt the training to this observation. If the data shows that I am not in shape, questions arise. It can come from the effort of the day before. If it lasts, it may mean that you have to start changing something. Take a little rest. If the data is bad and you have little training, it may mean you are sick. And we have to stop this before it gets worse.
Since when are you like that? Let's say ... cerebral?
You know, my parents are engineers. Maybe that's why it's hard to do something aimlessly. I'm not that kind of guy who says "Oh, I'm in the mood to do that, let's try it." No, it must make sense. I always wanted to try to be better. Going deeply. I always wanted to have a clear understanding of what I do, why I do this or that in training. I do not do things to do things. And then when you get hurt and you're sidelined, one has more time ... You look at what you can do best when you return to the circuit. If I was injured, something must necessarily change. It cannot be just chance. You shouldn't be arrogant with that.
But when you think too much, it can be dangerous in tennis, right?
All the top players are smart guys. Of course you must have instinct, but you have to be aware of what's going on.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not that I think too much when I'm on the court, it's when I'm away from tennis. But it can be tiring to take into account all aspects, especially when things do not go in your direction. Even me, I ask myself, "Is it really so important?"
For example ?
On sleep. What time do you go to bed? What should I eat before going to bed? If for two nights I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, the next night I take some protein, twenty minutes before going to bed, and I do not wake up any more. It can go down to that kind of little things. Maybe it's too much. But I do not want my success, or my lack of success, to happen without doing the best I could.
The "sleeve" was also to enhance the performance?
The first time I used it was to protect my skin, because of a sunburn. Afterwards, I kept it for a while as it was comfortable. It was neither medical nor for performance.
And then there's the mouthpiece ...
It helps me a lot. I'm a very cerebral type, as you said earlier, I think a lot. During the night, it causes tension. You can bite yourself so it prevents me from doing it during night which allows me to sleep better.
What are your new research fields?
I try to change the routine in my preparation, focusing more and more on the cardio, on the court. If I need to be fitter, I play longer. For the diet, I have evolved, too. Over the last four years, I was taking supplements to compensate for any deficiencies, because there were plenty of foods that I did not eat. But supplements are over. I calculate everything I eat, and everything must be natural.
We suppose you're fine-tuning the mind, too?
I work with someone, but I also do meditation at the end of the day. You know why ? Because I have a lot of mental fatigue by dint of thinking of all these things!
Source: https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Article/Milos-raonic-je-suis-un-gars-tres-cerebral/817576
For the 0.44, it was not so simple. I could only control the 19 degrees...
Did it work ?
I slept better. But, obviously, it did not work well, with the results I had there (eliminated in the quarter-finals by Nadal in three sets) ...But I try to take that kind of things into consideration, especially with all the injuries I've had. I try to be very meticulous. In my preparation, I try to control the things I can influence. On the court, during the game, there is basically little that you can control once you get started. I try to be disciplined and effective.
To what extent ?
For example, when I wake up, I try to find out what energy I will have for the day ahead. I check my heartbeats every morning to see if I have recovered enough, or not. And I adapt the training to this observation. If the data shows that I am not in shape, questions arise. It can come from the effort of the day before. If it lasts, it may mean that you have to start changing something. Take a little rest. If the data is bad and you have little training, it may mean you are sick. And we have to stop this before it gets worse.
Since when are you like that? Let's say ... cerebral?
You know, my parents are engineers. Maybe that's why it's hard to do something aimlessly. I'm not that kind of guy who says "Oh, I'm in the mood to do that, let's try it." No, it must make sense. I always wanted to try to be better. Going deeply. I always wanted to have a clear understanding of what I do, why I do this or that in training. I do not do things to do things. And then when you get hurt and you're sidelined, one has more time ... You look at what you can do best when you return to the circuit. If I was injured, something must necessarily change. It cannot be just chance. You shouldn't be arrogant with that.
But when you think too much, it can be dangerous in tennis, right?
All the top players are smart guys. Of course you must have instinct, but you have to be aware of what's going on.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not that I think too much when I'm on the court, it's when I'm away from tennis. But it can be tiring to take into account all aspects, especially when things do not go in your direction. Even me, I ask myself, "Is it really so important?"
For example ?
On sleep. What time do you go to bed? What should I eat before going to bed? If for two nights I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, the next night I take some protein, twenty minutes before going to bed, and I do not wake up any more. It can go down to that kind of little things. Maybe it's too much. But I do not want my success, or my lack of success, to happen without doing the best I could.
The "sleeve" was also to enhance the performance?
The first time I used it was to protect my skin, because of a sunburn. Afterwards, I kept it for a while as it was comfortable. It was neither medical nor for performance.
And then there's the mouthpiece ...
It helps me a lot. I'm a very cerebral type, as you said earlier, I think a lot. During the night, it causes tension. You can bite yourself so it prevents me from doing it during night which allows me to sleep better.
What are your new research fields?
I try to change the routine in my preparation, focusing more and more on the cardio, on the court. If I need to be fitter, I play longer. For the diet, I have evolved, too. Over the last four years, I was taking supplements to compensate for any deficiencies, because there were plenty of foods that I did not eat. But supplements are over. I calculate everything I eat, and everything must be natural.
We suppose you're fine-tuning the mind, too?
I work with someone, but I also do meditation at the end of the day. You know why ? Because I have a lot of mental fatigue by dint of thinking of all these things!
Source: https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Article/Milos-raonic-je-suis-un-gars-tres-cerebral/817576
