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Cheri Mah: Thirty extra sleep minutes change NBA careers

Sleep doctor Cheri Mah finds 15 to 30 extra minutes lift NBA reaction time. A hot shower right before bed quietly wrecks deep recovery sleep.

Dr Cheri MahguestSteven Bartletthost
Aug 5, 20241h 36mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
August 5, 2024
Duration
1h 36m
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The Diary of a CEO
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Quicker decision making and faster reaction times, here's how you sleep like an Olympian Dr Cheri Mah is a sleep scientist and Professor at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Centre, specialising in the relationship between sleep and performance in elite athletes. 0:00 Intro 01:59 What do you do and why do you do it? 04:22 Who do you work with? 07:06 What are the misconceptions about sleep? 10:46 Study that increases performance by 12% 14:11 NBA players losing based on schedule 17:03 Players who slept more sprinted faster 18:49 Athletes who have changed their careers by focusing on sleep 22:05 Where to start getting better sleep? 23:18 Does sound/music hurt sleep quality? 24:39 Does temperature matter? 26:44 Food timing for better sleep 29:09 The food to eat before bed that will destroy your sleep 34:03 What to do for a racing mind? 35:34 What is the parasympathetic nervous system? 39:40 Emotional link to better sleep 41:44 Perception change on the importance of sleep 44:01 Cognitive performance and sleep 47:49 Sleep debt and how it works 52:22 Muscle memory and its connection to sleep 54:35 What's a nappucino? 56:05 Do naps work? 57:39 Is the snooze button bad? 01:00:10 Are there different chronotypes? 01:02:46 Does school start too early for kids? 01:04:32 What parents should know 01:07:47 Sleeping travel tips 01:12:13 Sleeping drugs 01:16:01 Does sex before sleep hurt quality of sleep? 01:17:34 What is the most popular question Cheri Mah gets asked? 01:20:21 How common is sleep apnea? 01:22:17 What excuses do we hear for prioritizing sleep? 01:23:52 Sleep and injury proneness 01:25:35 Waking up early makes Steven hungry 01:27:32 Is waking up in the middle of the night normal? 01:29:15 How much does alcohol affect my sleep 01:30:10 Guests last question Follow Dr Cheri: Instagram - https://g2ul0.app.link/9kmHGQ1DHLb Twitter - https://g2ul0.app.link/9NTFNX3DHLb You can purchase the The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: Second Edition, here: https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb Follow me: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: PerfectTed: https://bit.ly/PerfectTed-DOAC with an exclusive code DIARY40 for 40% off

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  • Steven Bartlett

    host
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Dr Cheri Mah and Steven Bartlett, Cheri Mah: Thirty extra sleep minutes change NBA careers explores sleep Doctor Reveals Game-Changing Habits That Transform Elite Performance Everywhere Sleep physician and performance expert Dr. Cheri Mah explains how optimizing sleep can measurably enhance reaction time, accuracy, injury risk, decision-making and career longevity for both elite athletes and CEOs.

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