How Elite Athletes ACTUALLY Sleep

What goes on in the secret recovery routines of elite athletes?
This is something I have always wondered about, so I went to the person known as "the man who taught Ronaldo how to sleep" for answers, what I found was surprising...

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Introduction - 00:00
The Problem - 01:36
Sleep Rhythm - 03:22
Tracking - 04:50
Wakefulness Promotion (6.30am) - 05:38
Recovery Period (2pm) - 07:26
Sleep Promotion (8pm) - 08:50
Sleep Environment (10pm) - 10:40
The Brutal Truth - 12:48

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[BackGuy]

I sleep for 20 hours a day. The remaining 4 I use to do calf raises and talk sh** online

[relapseminem]

The recovery section is so true. I always feel kinda sleepy around 2 PM, but I can't sleep at that time because I'm working. So I just take a 5-7 minute walk instead of reaching for the coffee. This way I don't take any caffeine that I don't need, I get my blood flowing, and I take a break from the screen. It helps out so much.

[TheSpecialJ]

I had blackout curtains growing up because my window faced a streetlight. When I moved away to college and no longer had blackout curtains, my sleep was noticeably worse. Think about how your ancestors' sleep routine would have been and mimic it. Very low light in the evening, like a campfire slowly dwindling to embers, pitch black night aside from stars and moonlight (assuming it wasn't cloudy or they weren't in a cave), and then waking up as the sun rises and the light gets into your eyes, even without direct sunlight, followed by an immediate step outside and stretch in the morning glow. In the modern day and age, we have even more control over these factors with things like comfy beds, no biting insects in the room, etc. so there's really no reason we can't all master our sleep if we put our minds to it.

[JuliusCaesar]

The biggest thing that has helped me recently is not eating directly before sleeping. It has seriously made a world of difference for me, I can sleep so well now

Edit: also 2 to 3 hours no liquids before bed so that I don't wake up to go the toilet. I'd even say it's been the more important change

[nicoknops]

I don't think people realize how much effort goes into a video like this. truly appreciated, you go man

[YourFitnessQuest]

I liked how you incorporated so many different sports and athletes into this. Sleep is a fascinating topic and I'm sure more people are sleep deprived than realize it. Blue light avoidance before bed is the biggest challenge for me. Great summary at the end of the video.

[zayfasho]

Used to deal with tons of pains and body aches and once I started prioritizing sleep, a lot of the pain began to go away, which was awesome.

[hassanasad]

This is the type of content youtube is missing. Such a detailed work with proper justification and evaluation. Good work Josh Brett

[Simon-mefh]

why is this mans content so clean its like a full documentary thank you for your content

[Davichiz]

The thing that Improved my sleep the most was being consistent with when I sleep, Pushing it back an hour. Using Blackout curtains, playing a repeatable white noise and not eating directly before bed.
This took my daily avg sleep over a week from 7:00 to 8:30 and has been that way for a couple months now.

[sokaarzola]

Just want to say, you videos are one of the best in this platform, the quality & the info simple brilliant, thank for making & putting all of this time & effort into them. <3

[UXUXA]

Just discovered your channel. What an absolute gift to humanity. Keep up the amazing work!

[drewsears]

For me: Cold showers in the morning with a workout and sauna at the gym, with a short walk in the sun. No tv or phone 1-2 hours before bed and turn all my lights in my appt to dim. Usually it took me about an hour to fall asleep. Now its close to 10 min. I also take a 20 min to 40 min nap around noon. Great video man!!

[Zetto]

I like your video essays so much! I respect your honest, no BS approach :)

[jamessmithson-brrm]

This is exactly the sort of video I watch at 2am when I can’t sleep

[Sonder]

I found the video very informative and well researched. I aplaude your conclusion to improved our sleep with the help of new scientific studies but foremost, to treat it as a natural and important aspect of daily life. I consider myself a minimalist and have suffered from chronic anxiety and insomnia. Nonetheless, there will always be some days were one can't sleep properly, its just human nature. The best sleep I have is in a dark, well ventilated, cold and very important, quiet environment. Some of the best nights I have had have been in a tent, sleeping in nature on hard ground.
I don't need no fancy gear to know if my sleep quality is bad or not. A proper awareness of ones body and traking symptoms over time will also give you good feedback. Thanks again for confirming my minimalistic thoughts.
Little critic: I appreciate the visual effects and it makes the video more alive. Nonetheless, I though it was a bit saturated in this video and maybe all the work for the visual effects would not have been needed for just a quality content dirven video. Maybe just my perception. Sorry for the long post...
Sleep tight

[brothergunner]

Dude you provide some of the most helpful and transparent content on youtube, these videos are so well crafted it almost criminal. Keep it up and much love!

[trebm]

Best videos on the internet my dude! After watching yesterday, I followed some of the advice given and I already had a really good night's sleep last night (thank you). Not sure if it's a coincidence yet but I will keep going.

[tomlazoriksuccessfitness]

This was fascinating! Thank you so much for making this, my friend. Sleep is one of the few things that’s difficult for me to nail on a consistent basis