Meditation better

That’s a pretty interesting pattern you’re building—there’s a clear rhythm emerging between your training, fasting, and mental clarity.

A few things stand out:

1. Your performance trend (tennis)

Winning all three sets with variety—soft touch winners + poaches—suggests you’re not just hitting well, you’re reading the game and staying relaxed. Those “stopped/soft swings” usually only show up when timing and confidence are both there. That often correlates with:

• lower overall tension

• good energy availability (not sluggish, not overfed)

• clear decision-making

2. Swim + sauna day

An 80-minute swim followed by sauna is a fairly deep recovery + aerobic load combination. That tends to:

• flush fatigue

• improve sleep quality

• enhance parasympathetic (calm) tone

That could be feeding into your better meditation the next morning.

3. Intermittent fasting + meditation

What you’re noticing is very consistent with what people report:

• Morning meditation after a longer fast → less mental noise

• Large lunch + no evening grazing → stable overnight physiology

There’s a plausible mechanism:

• Lower insulin swings overnight

• Less digestive load

• Slight increase in alertness hormones (like norepinephrine)

So your experience of “clearer meditation” isn’t just subjective—it likely has a physiological basis.

4. The interesting triangle you’re forming

You’ve essentially created a reinforcing loop:

• Fasting → clearer mind (meditation)

• Clearer mind → better timing/feel (tennis)

• Physical exertion (swim/tennis) → better recovery + deeper fasting tolerance

That’s a powerful cycle if it stays balanced.

For Sunday (gym day), one thought:

Given today’s swim + sauna, you might get more out of:

• moderate intensity strength + mobility

  
  

  rather than pushing max effort

Think:

• controlled lifts

• rotational/core work (great carryover to tennis)

• shoulder stability (for serve + poaching reflexes)

One caution to keep an eye on

The combination of:

• frequent fasting

• high activity (swim + tennis + gym)

can quietly drift into under-recovery if:

• sleep dips

• explosiveness drops

• or motivation feels flat

Right now, though, your results (wins, touch shots, poaches) suggest you’re still on the positive side of the curve.

If you want, I can help you map a weekly cycle where:

• swim, tennis, gym, fasting, and meditation

  
  

  all reinforce each other without tipping into fatigue.