10x your recovery with the science of perfect sleep w/ Dr. Allison Brager - Ep.61

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Allison Brager (@docjockzzz) is interviewed on the show this week. She's a 2013 CrossFit Games; Teams Athlete, Neuroscientist and Sleep & Recovery researcher. We’re here to talk about the benefits of sleep and recovery for elite athletes, “Wim Hof” breathing, what your DNA/ genotype says about you, and why you should be sleeping naked. We’ve got a ton of information in this one that will help you not only recover better but ultimately train better. Be sure to check out Allison’s book below!

Topics of discussion:

[1:38] Allison’s background

[7:11] Two stages of sleep and their effects on recovery

[10:45] Optimal sleep; quantity vs. quality

[12:33] Sleep deprivation, Genotypes and more on what your DNA can tell you

23andMe – DNA Testing/ genotype
DNAFit – DNA Testing for Fitness & Diet

[17:47] How to get the best night of sleep & forming good sleep habits

[20:05] The science behind the “Sleep Cycle” App

[23:27] Meditation & “Wim Hof” breathing

[25:35] Thoughts on polyphasic sleep

[27:45] Thoughts/ research on naps

[30:12] Effects of alcohol & marijuana on sleep

[38:24] The future of sleep technology

Book(s):

Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain by Allison Brager

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? This is Mike Kaju and you're listening to the brute strength
0:03.6	podcast. This week I interview neuroscientist Dr Allison Braker. Dr Allison
0:09.9	is a researcher of sleep and recovery and she was also a D1 track and field athlete as well as a multiple time
0:19.2	cross fit games team athlete. In this show we dive deep into the science of sleep and recovery,
0:26.0	how alcohol and other drugs affect that sleep and recovery and more. Before we get
0:31.8	started, if you're a regular listener of this podcast
0:34.9	and you haven't done so already,
0:36.6	I would really appreciate it if you put this show on pause,
0:39.9	spend the next 90 seconds,
0:41.8	leaving me a review on iTunes.
0:43.8	Enjoy the show.
0:46.0	What's up everyone?
0:46.8	This is Mike Kaju and you're listening
0:48.5	to the Brute Strength Podcast.
0:50.1	I'm here with Dr. Allison Brager, neuroscientist, sleep researcher.
0:56.5	Doc, how are you? I am doing fabulous. How about you?
1:01.2	Couldn't be better. It's starting to get fall over here in Texas. It's perfect weather for about two weeks and then it'll be cold for a little bit.
1:11.0	You're headed to San Diego right now which I'm sure is going to be
1:15.9	perfect as always. Oh yeah absolutely I can't wait we've had quite a bit of fall and it's like 40 degrees in the morning so it's not very comfortable at this point right now.
1:28.0	Right. So why don't we start out by telling everyone a little bit about your your
1:35.6	background and what your research is based on? Sure. I've been an athlete my
1:41.7	entire life grew up doing track and field, gymnastics, and in college I
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