Sleep Aids, Caffeine & the Performance Trap Ep. 20 -39

If there’s one performance strategy every athlete needs, and every parent and coach needs to understand, it’s sleep.

But what happens when they can’t get it?

This week on the Krush Summer Series, we’re opening the Krush Archives for a powerhouse conversation with Krush Favorite Dr. Charles Samuels, Medical Director at the Centre for Sleep & Human Performance.

Sleep impacts learning, reaction time, recovery, mood, health and performance. If your athlete is struggling to fall asleep, relying on sleep aids, or fighting through fatigue without knowing why, this conversation is going to change how you think about recovery.

We break down:

• The unseen risks of over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids for teens and athletes
• How accurately wearables are really measuring your sleep
• The caffeine and sleep-aid yo-yo that can undermine performance
• What time change really does to your body, and how to protect athletes through it

Sleep isn’t downtime. It’s performance time.

Use it to Create More Coachable Players.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• The unseen risks of over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids for teens and athletes
• How accurately wearables are really measuring your sleep
• The caffeine and sleep-aid yo-yo that can undermine performance
• What time change really does to your body, and how to protect athletes
• Sleep debt, sleep banking, and how to plan sleep for peak performance

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