How to Enhance Performance With Better Sleep

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Episode Highlights
Assessing
discusses various tools and methods to measure and evaluate sleep quality and quantity. He highlights the importance of understanding sleep stages and their impact on athletic performance, even when direct human trial evidence is lacking 1. Polysomnography (PSG) is emphasized as a highly accurate method for diagnosing sleep disorders, though it has limitations like cost and the unnatural sleep environment of a clinical setting 2.
Improving
Improving sleep involves not just extending sleep hours but also enhancing sleep quality through targeted interventions. Andy shares examples of how simple solutions, like using a specific pillow, can significantly reduce sleep disturbances and improve overall sleep quality 3. He also discusses the comprehensive approach taken with professional athletes, including building full-functioning sleep labs at home to monitor and optimize sleep 4.
Strategies
Andy explains practical strategies for applying sleep enhancements in daily routines, citing studies that show the performance benefits of sleep extension. He references a seminal study from Stanford that demonstrated a 9% improvement in basketball shooting accuracy with two additional hours of sleep per night 5. The study's robust design, including repeated performance tests and psychomotor assessments, underscores the significant impact of sleep on athletic performance 6.
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