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Don't Adjust Your Watch for Short Trips
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Don't Adjust Your Watch for Short Trips

It takes four to five days for East Coasters to adjust to West Coast time and vice versa. "Jet lag is the biggest travel health pitfall elite athletes face. When they head across time zones for just a couple of days, they don't even try to adjust," says Dr. Wroble. Changing routine for short trips can equal exhaustion in both directions. If your stay is brief—and only two or three time zones' difference—schedule activities on your own time zone (lest an 8 a.m. breakfast meeting actually feel like five in the morning).

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