"Sleep and the Athlete" with Professor Neil Walsh
We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast
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Do You Suffer From Sleep Restrictions?
Sleep restriction is having an impact on health and performance in elite athletes. Swimmers had a two hour deficit of the actual sleep they were getting compared with what they thought they needed. Can you bank extra sleep or extend your sleep and can this improve performance? And findings on that in endurance athletes where for example, they extend their sleep over two or three days.
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