239: Work Less. How Sleep and Play Increase Longevity Ft. Sam Burns

The Low Carb Hustle Podcast

Nate Palmer

Health, Self-improvement, Keto, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Femaleweightloss, Diet, Education, Intermittentfasting, Nutrition, Loseweight, Weightloss, Paleo, Carnivore, Lowcarb, Fasting, Exercise, Ketogenicdiet, How To, Ketogenic, Womenshealth

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered how small changes in your routine could lead to dramatic improvements in your health and performance? Dive into a conversation about the power of simple habits and sleep optimization strategies that can revolutionize your life.

In this episode, we check out how small tweaks in our daily routines can have such a huge impact on our health and performance. Take something as simple as optimizing sleep, for example. I dive into an eye-opening chat with Sam Burns from Motivateful, and we really got into the nitty-gritty of how our habits affect everything from fitness to cognitive function.

We talked about this concept called "greasing the groove," where consistent practice, even in small doses, can lead to big improvements over time. And Sam shared these incredible stories about people with cerebral palsy achieving incredible feats through dedication and practice.

Then we dove into the science behind muscle recruitment in activities like gymnastics and weightlifting, finding safer ways to build strength and muscle. And of course, we couldn't ignore the importance of sleep – we dug into Dr. Matthew Walker's research on how getting enough rest can transform our brains and bodies. It was a real eye-opener!

key takeaways:

Prioritize quality sleep by implementing practices such as reducing blue light, maintaining a cool sleeping environment, and establishing a consistent bedtime routine.
Consistent practice leads to remarkable improvements in fitness and skill acquisition.
Recognize the importance of aligning your lifestyle with human biological rhythms to optimize health and performance.

Resources:

- Motivateful’s website: https://www.getmotivateful.com/

- @getmotivateful (IG) https://www.instagram.com/getmotivateful/

- Sam Burns’s Social Media:

- @coachsamburns (IG) https://www.instagram.com/coachsamBurns/

- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CoachSamuelBurns/

- Email [email protected]

- "Why We Sleep" by Dr. Matthew Walker https://a.co/d/6QIFLCV

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Host Nate Palmer The founder of The Million Dollar Body and Author of "The Million Dollar Body Method", Nate has been in the industry of coaching over 15 years and has worked with over 1000 clients personally.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	you need to stop working so hard.
0:02.0	Is that the message you expect to hear from personal trainers and coaches and things like that?
0:07.2	Most of us probably not.
0:08.8	No, in kind of this world, it's that we embrace the hustle, we embrace the grind, not sleeping as a
0:14.1	badge of honor, but today's guest Sam Burns comes on to tell you that there's a
0:18.4	different way that is actually going to be better for you, increase your longevity, and increase the rate of which
0:25.1	you learn new skills, and how much you enjoy the process during some of these hard workouts.
0:30.9	Now, Sam is a gymnasticsastics coach so he travels around giving like seminars on how to be
0:36.8	better at gymnastics and while you don't have to be a 5-3 jacked Olympian to be good at gymnastics.
0:43.0	It's something simple like doing pushups or pull-ups
0:45.5	can absolutely change how your body looks and feels.
0:49.0	And we dive into this in this episode.
0:50.4	So Sam is going to talk to us all about skill acquisition, how we can play more during our
0:55.6	workouts, and it's also one of the things that he's really really passionate about, which is the importance of sleep and how we can actually
0:59.9	get deeper, more restful sleep, even if we're not necessarily being able to lay in bed for 10 hours because, you know, we have kids and jobs, Netflix.
1:09.0	So, I think this episode is going to be amazing. You're really, really going to like it.
1:12.0	Sam is a fascinating and
1:13.4	brilliant human being, so I'm super excited for you to check him out.
1:16.6	You're listening to the low-carb hustle, home of your million-dollar body method, where we help you
1:20.7	get leaner and live longer. My name's Nate Palmer.
1:23.0	I've been a coach since 2008 and have helped over 1,200 people level up their health and fitness.
1:27.0	My mission is simple.
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