Sleep is perhaps the most powerful recovery tool that we can utilize to restore our mind and body. Yet getting adequate sleep, especially in the form of daytime naps, is often viewed as lazy. In this episode, we break down the myths around napping, including the benefits and detriments of napping. We also share some napping best practices and conclude by doing a listener Q&A on napping!

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Resources

• History of the Siesta
• Effects of Napping on Alertness, Cognitive, and Physical Outcomes of Karate Athletes
• Daytime Naps, Motor Memory Consolidation and Regionally Specific Sleep Spindles
• It’s Practice, with Sleep, that Makes Perfect: Implications of Sleep-Dependent Learning and Plasticity for Skill Performance
• An afternoon nap markedly boosts the brain’s learning capacity
• Effects of Napping on Sleepiness and Sleep-Related Performance Deficits in Night-Shift Workers: A Systematic Review
• Napping reverses the salivary interleukin-6 and urinary norepinephrine changes induced by sleep restriction
• Napping on night-shifts among nursing staff: A mixed-methods systematic review
• The association between daytime napping and risk of diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
• The effects of napping on the risk of hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• SuperMemo Napping/Sleep Resource
• NuCalm Device 

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