#12 - Sleep and Athletic Performance: Major League Sleep

The intersection of sleep and athletic performance, relatively speaking, is a new frontier. In the last two decades, the interest in how sleep optimization can improve achievement within sports has exploded. In this episode I will discuss:the history of how sleep has been looked at in sports and the earliest observations on the subjecthow I became interested and eventually involved with research in sleep and sportthe story behind my initial studies with Major League Baseball and travelthe topic of circadian advantage and how we measured it over ten years of Major League Baseball gameshow chronotype seems to impact the performance timing of elite athletesthe influence of sleepiness on athletic performance, success in a sport, and potentially longevity as an athleteother influential research and researchers in the fieldwhat it all means for not only professional sports organizations, but also the average athleteProduced by: Maeve WinterMusic by: Dr. Abhinav Singh (@sleep_vigilante), all rights reservedMoreTwitter: @drchriswinterIG: @drchriwinterThreads: @drchriswinterBluesky: @drchriswinterThe Sleep Solution and The Rested ChildThanks for listening and sleep well!