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Escaping Sleep Deprivation with Andre Obradovic

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This episode’s guest is Andre Obradovic. Andre is a mindset, health and well-being coach. Andre specializes in sleep coaching. He works with executives and athletes in helping them get more control of their sleeping habits.

In this podcast, Andre and I discuss:

  • the importance of sleep
  • how it can affect your performance in the pool or in triathlon
  • how it can affect your decisions and effectiveness when it comes to work, family and sport
  • how you can utilize new technology to track your sleep and performance

    • 02:20 – Hero or just sleep-deprived?

    07:49 – The Relationship of Mental Fogginess and Sleep
    10:24 – Nutrition, Exercise and Sleep
    11:03 – The Power of Power Naps
    18:47 – Your Physical and Mental Work
    19:30 – How Athletes Can Get Better Sleep and Perfrom Better
    24:58 – Building Habits of Being Prepared
    34:57 – Lack of Sleep = Alcohol in Your System
    41:00 – Bad Sleep Causes Weight Gain
    44:50 – How To Work With Andre

    Here are additional notes Andre has provided:

    • During sleep the bulk of your naturally occurring human growth hormone (HGH) is released. This aids in muscle repair, which also occurs primarily while you sleep.
    • Sleep allows your brain to recover and organize and make sense of your day/life. 7-8 hours is normal in adults, 9-10 in teens, 10+ in younger folk. Add time for activity.
    • Napping is helpful, especially for cognitive function, alertness and skill absorption
    • One night of inadequate sleep won’t derail your performance, but several nights will.
    • With a complete lack of sleep, most people would die in 10 days or less.

      • With inadequate sleep, re: not enough or disturbed through multiple interruptions, loud ambient noises, sleep apnea or your beautiful new baby the following slowly results:

      • Less HGH than maximum is produced, resulting in incomplete muscle repair and testosterone reduction, meaning less muscle and more fat on your frame.
      • Mood, judgment and coordination are all negatively impacted.
      • Time to fatigue is decreased (you get tired more quickly).
      • Perceived exertion is increased (things feel harder than your physiology dictates).
      • Heat management is impacted.
      • The stress hormone cortisol level increases (this is bad).
      • Reduction in insulin sensitivity (re: increase in insulin resistance – also bad).
      • Inflammation in your body increases, which has a long-term correlation with cancer.
      • Increased appetite and associated weight gain.
      • Immune system is compromised; you become sick easier.
      • Long term, linked with diabetes, obesity, heart disease, falling asleep at the wheel, and in general, dying before you should.

        • Watch a video of how the solution works and download a copy of the PDF of one of Andre’s sleep report here.

        If you’d like to take Andre’s special offer of sleep analysis with 14 days capture data + 1 hour of coaching insights for $249 here are ways you can get in touch with him:

        Phone: 03 94390359 use the IVR press 3

        SMS: 0428 868 916
        Email: [email protected] use Effortless Swimming Offer in Subject
        Web: www. andreobradovic.com – just click the enquire box on either package and mention Effortless Swimming and Andre will apply discount in payment details
        Social: Andre Running Obradovic

        Offer ends February 18th, 2016.

         

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