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Health and Performance- MORE Sleep
What role does sleep have in promoting health and performance? Let’s consider Ironman triathletes. With the pros, it’s not uncommon to hear them brag about getting 10 to 12 hours a sleep per night. And maybe a nap in the day. “All I do is eat, sleep and train,” you hear them say. Contrast […]
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What You Should Know About Your Circadian Rhythm
Many people have heard of the concept that humans use the sun to adjust their biological clock. The overall driver of the biological clock is the circadian rhythm controlling SCN (suprachiasmatic nucleus for you neuro geeks out there)—often called the “master clock”. But what does that really mean, what does the “master clock” really control, […]
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TBI and Sleep
Traumatic brain injury here in the U.S. when it comes to our soldiers and veterans. According to DOD numbers, there more than are 347,000 in PTSD’s grip. For combat soldiers, exposure to explosives and other brain injury dangers are a hazardous part of the job. In addition to the myriad symptoms of TBI, from dizziness […]
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Sleep Studies- What You Should Know
Since I am considered a “sleep expert” by many, I usually get news articles sent to me (on a daily basis) that have something to do with sleep. Occasionally, I am sent peer-reviewed studies, regarding sleep. Every great once and a while, I will get bombarded with something in between – usually when the information […]
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Sleep basics: 101
I will do my best to not make this into a scientific diatribe—there are better ways to help people fall asleep! However, we’ll talk enough science to allow most anyone to understand the important parts of our biology associated with sleep. Most of you have probably heard of the term; “circadian rhythm”, and know that […]
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The 1 Thing That Will Make You Better at Everything
Featured on Episode 158 for Barbell Shrugged
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America’s biggest problem | TED
Dr. Kirk Parsley served as the Undersea Medical Officer at Naval Special Warfare Group One (NSWG-1) from June 2009-Jan 2013. While there he developed and supervised the group’s first sports medicine rehabilitation center. He is a former SEAL (BUD/s class 164), and a graduate of the military’s medical school in Bethesda, Uniformed Services University of […]
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1 Quick Way To Naturually Increase Testosterone: Sleep.
Featured on Episode 113 for Barbell Shrugged
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How Sleep Affects Performance – SEAL FIT interview
Speaking with SealFIT gives some insight into the importance of sleep and its direct impact on our performance.
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