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Military Performance Expert: "Colleges are Sabotaging Their Best Athletes" (Exclusive Interview with Dr. Allison Brager)
To better understand what circadian rhythms mean to athletes, I interviewed Dr. Allison Brager. She is a neurobiologist that specializes in circadian rhythms, sleep, and behavioral genetics research. She is currently the Deputy Chief Science Officer at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School leading the Special Forces research into human performance. Dr. Brager is also an elite athlete herself. She was a professional crossfit team athlete and an 11x gay games gold medalist.
Allison serves on the NCAA task force for Mental Health and Sleep and was a contributor to the NCAA student athlete mental health handbook. She is also the author of Meathead: Unraveling the athletic brain.
In this episode, we touch on the purpose the circadian rhythm serves, the things that can disrupt it, and how we can help to regulate during travel and stressful situations. We also touch on how Dr. Brager turns her research into practice in her athletic pursuits.
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:34 Circadian Rhythms Basics
00:20:29 What Disrupts Circadian Rhythms
00:33:21 Pac 12 Move
00:39:16 Sleep Depravation vs Phase Shift
00:44:51 Behavioral Genetics
00:53:17 Tradeoffs for Athletes
01:00:43 Lactic Acid
01:06:11 Meathead
Allison's Resources:
https://www.instagram.com/docjockzzz/?hl=en
Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire - https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_829/morningness-eveningness-questionnaire-meq
https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/sleep-experts-share-strategies-minimize-jet-lags-effects-college-athlete-performance-and
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By Ken JeeTo better understand what circadian rhythms mean to athletes, I interviewed Dr. Allison Brager. She is a neurobiologist that specializes in circadian rhythms, sleep, and behavioral genetics research. She is currently the Deputy Chief Science Officer at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School leading the Special Forces research into human performance. Dr. Brager is also an elite athlete herself. She was a professional crossfit team athlete and an 11x gay games gold medalist.
Allison serves on the NCAA task force for Mental Health and Sleep and was a contributor to the NCAA student athlete mental health handbook. She is also the author of Meathead: Unraveling the athletic brain.
In this episode, we touch on the purpose the circadian rhythm serves, the things that can disrupt it, and how we can help to regulate during travel and stressful situations. We also touch on how Dr. Brager turns her research into practice in her athletic pursuits.
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:34 Circadian Rhythms Basics
00:20:29 What Disrupts Circadian Rhythms
00:33:21 Pac 12 Move
00:39:16 Sleep Depravation vs Phase Shift
00:44:51 Behavioral Genetics
00:53:17 Tradeoffs for Athletes
01:00:43 Lactic Acid
01:06:11 Meathead
Allison's Resources:
https://www.instagram.com/docjockzzz/?hl=en
Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire - https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_829/morningness-eveningness-questionnaire-meq
https://humsci.stanford.edu/feature/sleep-experts-share-strategies-minimize-jet-lags-effects-college-athlete-performance-and
Exponential Athlete Socials
Support the Pod on Patreon: https://patreon.com/ExponentialAthlete
Twitter: https://twitter.com/athletexpodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exponentialathlete/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-exponential-athlete-podcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4XmCCYsVVOVmRavFYT5b1C
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-exponential-athlete/id1726985417
Website: https://exponentialathlete.co/
Affiliates:
Track your health data with Whoop. Get 1 month free - join.whoop.com/exponentialathlete