Steven Lockley - Prioritising sleep and optimising sleep quality, quantity and individual circadian rhythm
Mental RACE - A podcast by Heikki Huovinen, Mental RACE
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In this episode we are discussing with Professor Steven Lockley why prioritising sleep is one of the most important measures, if not THE most important measure, to improve your energy and performance. Steven Lockley is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Neuroscientist at the Harvard Medical School specialising in sleep and circadian disorders. Steven has written the book "A short introduction to sleep" with Russel Foster. Steven has been working also as a consultant for Hintsa Performance, helping high performing individuals from F1 to the corporate world to optimise their sleep and mitigate effects of jet lag. In addition, Steven has develop the "timeshifter" app, a very handy and science-based tool to help you speed up the transition of your internal body clock whilst traveling, as well as assist you in managing shift work: https://www.timeshifter.com/the-shift-work-app https://www.timeshifter.com/the-jet-lag-app If you are interested to hear what are the most important measures to ensure good quality sleep, how and why take into account your circadian rhythm, and how much sleep do we actually need, tune in to this episode! Warning - if you like to have several cups of coffee every day, don´t listen to this episode!