Eat, Sleep, Run, Repeat – The mantra of many a runner, but how many of us are actually doing the ‘sleep’ part well? How many of us realise the true significance of sleep quality & sleep quantity in order to not only optimise our running goals but also to secure a healthy, long life?
April on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast is ‘SLEEP AWARENESS MONTH’. Join us on our YouTube channel every Tuesday at 8pm (GMT+1) for LIVE video interviews with internationally acclaimed experts from the world of Sleep Research.
My five week sleep study using Cerebra’s In Home Polysomnogram Sleep System is now over. Read on for details of how to hear the results!
Want to know the five best ways for runners to warm up? What does the evidence say about Static stretching? How about Dynamic Stretching? What’s Dynamic Mobility? Prepare for surprises!
In examining the relationship between sleep quality/quantity and performance, it is useful to take a look at the terminology commonly used, and appreciate how many of the words & acronyms we commonly see are often misused. In this article we consider REM Sleep, Non-REM Sleep (including deep sleep), the effectiveness of wearables in tracking sleep, chronotypes, circadian rhythms, and whether you are a Lion, Bear, Wolf or Dolphin.