Sleep has been a secret weapon of mine for years. I always get to bed early, and it has enabled me to have a career of 430am starts.
I don’t start my day at 430am for fun, it’s just the time I start my day based on the availability of individuals I train, but if people I train are making that commitment, then I had better prepare well for them too!
When I get home lunch time, a nap is always vital to recharge, to re-energise, and to reboot my system after such earlier starts, even 20 mins is good, an hour better but I don’t always reach that figure, but when I do I have a lot more energy for afternoon and evening session.
Life is often a sprint when you want to do your best work. I tend to go all out in the morning, then rest and recharge, then early afternoon I do a lot of computer work such as right now and prepare for afternoon/evening coaching when I also need to go flat out, it’s worked well for decades for me.
If you are struggling for energy in your day, then sleep is one of the first place you need to look at. 8 hours a night is desirable but deep sleep and high quality sleep is even more important.
Things that will stop this happening is screen time right before bed (highly disruptive it’s been proven).
Alcohol before bed (there are 120 sleep disorders, EIGHTY are linked to alcohol).
Not exercising-if you don’t train you won’t sleep so well (endless scientific papers on this subject), if you just do one thing, make sure you exercise most days to get a deeper more relaxing sleep.
Rest and recuperation is so important but I know many of you don’t sleep as well as you could or should, there’s no shame in taking a nap in the day, in fact its highly beneficial, get serious about your sleep and this helps you get serious about your results, your body healing well and your overall performance.
