WHOOP Podcast

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.

Jan 22, 2020

31:56

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The Benefits of Naps for Cognitive Performance

00:29

Introduction

2min

The Effects of Stress on Recovery

2min

How to Maximize Recovery With Rest Days

2min

How to Maximize Your Fitness Gains on a Rest Day

2min

How Naps Can Impact Performance on the Job

3min

How to Improve Procedural Memory Tasks

4min

The Role of Caffeine in Recovery

4min

The Importance of Sleep Time

2min

The Effect of Napping on Sleep Quality

2min

10.

How to Avoid Sleep Deprivation

3min

11.

How to Deal With Sleep Debt

4min

12.

How to Maximize Your Time to Sleep

2min

13.

How to Incorporate Naps Into Your Recovery Process

2min

Your greatest recovery amplifier: Naps. Kristen Holmes and Emily Capodilupo break down the value of napping on rest days (4:11), how naps maximize the quality of your training (7:03) and improve cognitive functioning (8:15), what you can gain from 3 minutes of slow wave sleep (9:23), why a 30-minute nap is only good sometimes (10:53) and why you should avoid napping for too long (12:50), the benefits of napping in between workouts (14:28), the napachino (15:10), the best time to sleep during the day (17:40), using WHOOP to manage sleep debt (23:14), avoiding binge sleeping (24:48), and tips to nap better (28:11).

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