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143: Dr David Cunnington (MD) - Sleep Specialist, Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre

The Physical Performance Show

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The Importance of Sleep for Performance

We know at a basic level, sleep's important for recovery. What it's doing physiologically is the bit that's not well understood. How do we know if we've got good physical and mental health, apart from how we feel? You're right. It's how we feel. And particularly athletes that pretty attune to that. Often people are tracking things like heart rate response. So they can get pretty close measurements and notice if anything's a bit off.

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