Top performance is usually achieved through dedication, precision and planning. Elite athletes understand that every variable matters – from maintaining sleep routines to nutrition and minimizing inflammation for recovery and injury prevention.
Travel represents a deceptively significant disruption to human performance. Routines are thrown out the window and access to one’s preferred exercises and nutritional sources will vary depending on location. But the real disturbance has negative consequences for the body itself, which are usually placed under the term ‘jet lag’. Most approaches to jet lag management tend to focus on travelers’ comfort and basic recovery from sleep problems.
Recent research into jet lag has led to a new way to approach travel and how to prevent declines in physical performance. Traditional approaches to travel wellness miss the underlying mechanism that can negatively impact the way your body functions, namely inflammation. Systemic inflammation is not a simple byproduct of sleep disruption, as you might expect. Instead, it is caused by the environmental factors of flying and traveling itself.
The physiology of fly ignition
Atmospheric pressure and stress response
If you are in a commercial airplane, the cabin pressure is in a range equivalent to 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Discomfort isn’t just a matter of standing close to strangers or flapping ears; the altitude and pressure cause physical stress throughout your body. Your body actually experiences a certain level of hypoxiaor low oxygen, and this can cause a series of metabolic changes that directly impact performance.
A low oxygen environment activates cellular proteins that control genes and metabolism. These are mentioned hypoxia-inducible factors. Within minutes of takeoff, your cells begin producing increased levels of reactive oxygen species. Doing so can put your body into a state of oxidative stress that can last for days after your flight.
This stress response is not a matter of mild fatigue that can be quickly eliminated by landing and following the sleep schedule of your new time zone; it affects whether your body can perform at peak performance on a fundamental level. It does this by compromising the function of your mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses responsible for energy production.
Inflammatory cascade and performance systems
Flight ignition affects three critical performance systems simultaneously. Cognitive performance is impaired when inflammatory cytokines cross the blood-brain barrier. This can present itself in a variety of ways, from reduced reaction time to poor decision-making and compromised working memory. These symptoms can last three to five days without taking steps to address them.
Physical performance can also deteriorate. Inflammation increases a person’s perceived exertion – which can feel like muscle weakness or shortness of breath – and compromises the way your body recovers from exercise. People often notice a decrease in their endurance and the inability to recover from exercise as quickly as usual. For someone perhaps traveling to a destination marathon event or even on a vacation with high walking demands, the effects are noticeable.
Metabolic efficiency also becomes a factor, as travel-induced inflammation can cause your blood sugar levels to fluctuate, causing you to experience unusual dips and spikes in hunger and energy and making your brain use energy less efficiently. This metabolic instability affects how much energy you have available at any given time and how your body burns fuel during high exertion.
The research behind performance-optimized travel
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From Flykitt The fly inflammatory management system was created based on seven years of research involving top performers, such as individuals who absolutely could not afford to see a decline in their performance. Founder Andrew Herr worked with individuals with intensive careers, such as Navy SEALs, fighter pilots and elite athletes, and went beyond sleep management to find out why other jet lag solutions didn’t work. Simply put, these standard drugs fail because they try – and often fail – to cover up the symptoms of inflammation rather than addressing the cause of the inflammation and the inflammation in the first place.
“When I worked with Navy SEALs and fighter pilots, I saw that pressure changes and low-oxygen environments could cause inflammation in the body. Years later, when I worked with top executives who had to perform after trips to Asia and Europe, I realized that these same mechanisms were the main causes of jet lag and why we feel bad even on shorter flights, what we now call Flight Inflammation,” said Mr. “When I developed a protocol to control inflammation and coupled it with tools to quickly change the circadian rhythm, I suddenly started getting emails from clients saying they got eight hours of sleep the first night and felt great the entire trip in Seoul, London, Sydney and beyond. We’ve now refined that initial protocol into the Flykitt system with custom kits for international and domestic travel, so no one is left with jet lag or flight ignition.”
The Flykitt system: precise replenishment and convenient technology
Anti-inflammatory support
The Protect supplement uses vitamin C and organic pomegranate extract to activate cellular antioxidant systems and keep inflammation levels low. This supplement is taken preventatively to prevent oxidative damage, rather than attempting to repair it after cellular stress has occurred.
The Sustain supplement provides concentrated omega-3 fatty acids, which is what most Americans are woefully lacking in. The body uses these to produce natural anti-inflammatory substances and suppress inflammation. This not only allows the body to completely prevent certain symptoms, but also prepares the body for a faster recovery time from unforeseen stressors.
Circadian rhythm and sleep optimization
The Advance supplement contains activated vitamins B6 and B12 to support energy levels and optimal focus. It also keeps internal energy production high – even if the circadian rhythm is disrupted – and resets melatonin levels according to your destination time zone. This helps users maintain normal cognitive performance and alertness without relying on stimulants, which can cause stress and high/low energy cycles in the body.
Rather than relying solely on high doses of melatonin in an attempt to force unnatural sleep, the Mellow supplement combines magnesium glycinate with a low dose of melatonin to support GABA receptor function and give the brain the right signal when to sleep. The blend also promotes natural melatonin production in the body. This approach makes it easier for users to fall asleep without powerful and addictive sleep aids and maintain good, restful sleep in new time zones.
Customization based on individual variables
The Flykitt app uses advanced travel and sleep programs to create customized plans and protocols based on each user’s travel schedule, including location and number of time zone changes, and their body. The app also takes into account a person’s usual sleep patterns and schedules, how often they travel and what their performance requirements are at the destination. Once this information is entered into the app, notifications are sent throughout the journey to encourage important tasks to take place at optimal times. This maximizes the physical benefits for the user, while keeping mental stress and indecision to an absolute minimum.
More than a supplement: integrated performance support
Peak performance requires addressing all components of a potential health stressor. Flykitt’s approach goes beyond supplementation and app use and focuses on the full spectrum of travel-related health factors.
The Flykitt system also optimizes blue light management through the use of blue light blocking glasses, along with instructions on when to use them. Blocking blue light can encourage the body to produce natural melatonin, while exposing your eyes to screen lights or natural sunlight can hinder sleep.
When traveling, most people don’t have easy access to a kitchen. Maintaining a healthy, high-quality diet isn’t easy when you’re limited to restaurants or fast food joints. Flykitt also offers the Foodie appwhich provides users with a list of dining options within the local radius, with meals to suit individual needs. Filters can be customized for high-protein meals, low-carb, plant-based meals, various allergies, preferred proteins or calorie needs.
Measurable performance results
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Users report that Flykitt allows them to maintain high-functioning mental and physical performance during global travel 93% experience little to no negative consequences. These feelings of well-being have been studied and analyzed, resulting in measurable results in brain function, physical performance and metabolic efficiency.
Elite users report that Flykitt allows them to:
- Maintain energy levels and metabolic function
- Maintain reaction times and decision-making ability
- Maintain power and endurance performance
- Achieve optimal sleep quality and recovery metrics
Redefining travel performance standards
Peak performance while traveling is not about managing discomfort, but about preventing systemic disruptions. By addressing the entire cycle of flight ignition through nutrition, precise timing algorithms and environmental management, Flykitt enables users to continue performing at the highest levels regardless of their destination.
For elite athletes, military personnel, business leaders and anyone who demands top performance, travel doesn’t have to disrupt your ability to function at a high level. The future of travel is not about suffering and recovering from the symptoms of jet lag. It’s about continuing to maintain and improve top performance without interruption, anywhere in the world.
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