Hi there, it's Matt here and welcome back to the podcast. As some of you may know, I've

previously done a short mini series on sleep and exercise, but what I really want you to learn about

is perhaps some of the highest level of that discussion, which is to say the topic of sleep in athletes and professionals.

The reason is that there are some fascinating and helpful insights that become directly applicable to you and your own physical activity goals.

I also wanted you to hear it from someone who is on the cutting edge of that sleep and

athlete research front and here I would like to welcome back my dear friend who has been on this show before speaking about insomnia.

And he is incredible, he's simply a brilliant sleep researcher and clinician, and that is Dr Michael

Grandner, who is a renowned professor at the University of Arizona. He has also done some of the most pioneering

research in this field and he's published countless studies and findings on

this topic.

If you would like to follow him, in fact if you would like to follow a far better Twitter

account regarding sleep than mine, go and follow him.

His handle is at Michael Grandner.

So that is at Michael the name.

And then his last name, his surname,

which is Grandner, spelled G R A N D N E R.

Michael, welcome back to the podcast.

Oh, thanks for having me and thanks for talking about this really interesting topic.

It is so fascinating. I have been reading about your work and thinking about this topic area for two reasons.

Firstly, selfish because I'm someone who does adore physical activity and pretend sometimes

to be at a level of physical activity that is truly not my own.

H-H-Tashtag Sholatan.

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