You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson

"Dude! Sleep Is a Sport": Are You Playing It? (Heroic +1 #1,675)

Feb 21, 2024
Discover the importance of quality sleep in boosting athletic performance and recovery from insights shared by a soccer team coach and a football player's recovery protocol.
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ADVICE

Raise Your Baseline Systematically

  • Make your prior best your new baseline and systematically raise standards over time.
  • Identify one action that will most positively impact your life and start practicing it today.
ANECDOTE

Brock Purdy's Sleep-First Recovery

  • Brock Purdy prioritized sleep during recovery from elbow surgery and credited it as his top strategy.
  • His teammates and doctors told him sleep would be his best friend and he made it number one on his list.
INSIGHT

Sleep As A High-Leverage Recovery Tool

  • Elite athletes use structured sleep protocols to accelerate recovery and sharpen mental performance.
  • Longer, sounder, therapeutic sleep can outpace other recovery tactics after injury.
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