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Naps: Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo discuss the physical and mental benefits to napping, the concept of sleep debt and how naps help offset it, plus how to incorporate your activities & day strain into planning the timing and duration of your naps.

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The Role of Caffeine in Recovery

The Napa Chino is this fun little trick where you basically kind of shoot and express, oh, some kind of strong caffeinated thing and then immediately go to sleep. It takes about 20, 25 minutes for the caffeine that you ingest to get into your bloodstream and to start making you feel all wired and energized. And so if you take a nap during that time, then the caffeine will naturally wake you up. So those athletes might not necessarily feel sleepy, but kind of might strategically nap in order to get that growth hormone boost.

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