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WHOOP Podcast

A Sleep Scientist's Guide to Better Sleep Habits with Dr. Allison Brager

WHOOP Podcast

WHOOP

Recovery, Health, Life Sciences, Data, Optimize Performance, Science, Hrv, Fitness, Wearable, Health & Fitness, Sports, Strain, Whoop, Sleep

4.6690 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This week WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes is joined by Dr. Allison Brager. She is a neurobiologist with expertise in sleep and circadian rhythms who works to examine the mind and body’s resilience to extreme environmental stress. She serves as a member of the WHOOP Scientific Advisory Council and wrote a popular science book entitled Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain. Kristen and Dr. Brager will discuss the NCAA handbook and sleep trends for NCAA stu...

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0:00.0

Hello folks. Welcome back to the WOOP podcast where we sit down with top performers. I'm your host,

0:09.9

Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop, and we are on a mission to unlock human performance.

0:15.7

This week, WOOP VP of Performance Science, Kristen Holmes, is joined by Dr. Allison Brager.

0:22.8

She is a neurobiologist with expertise in sleep and circadian rhythms who works to examine the mind

0:28.6

embodies resilience to extreme environmental stress.

0:33.1

Allison serves as a member of the Woop Scientific Advisory Council and wrote a popular science book entitled Meathead, Unraveling the Athletic Brain.

0:41.9

The book ties the fields of exercise physiology and neuroscience with her experience as an elite athlete in track and field and CrossFit.

0:50.0

As World Sleep Day is coming up this Friday, March 17th, we figured there would be no one better to offer up some sleep tips than Allison.

0:58.7

Kristen and Allison discuss sleep becoming part of the core three pillars of a healthy lifestyle,

1:05.1

advancements in sleep technology, understanding what sleep tech and trends are working,

1:10.6

how to create the optimal sleep environment,

1:13.2

tips on how to improve sleep, the emergence of sleep tourism.

1:18.7

To make sure you're ready for World Sleep Day, check out our new blue light blocking glasses,

1:24.3

our new whoop sleep mask, and apparel. And also, if you're new to whoop, you can use the code will when you're checking out to get a $60 credit on whoop accessories.

1:35.1

If you're not aware, we also have new membership pricing, 239 for an annual membership.

1:40.9

The whoop straps included.

1:42.1

That's our best pricing ever.

1:45.9

You want to see a question of yours answered on the podcast. Email us, podcast to whoop.com. Call us 508-443-4952.

1:52.8

Here are Kristen Holmes and Dr. Allison Brigger. Dr. Allison Brigger is a neurobiologist

1:59.3

with expertise in sleep and circadian rhythms who works

2:02.2

to examine the mind and body's resilience to extreme environmental stress. Dr. Brigger has

2:07.2

written military training doctrine on holistic health and co-authored the first edition of the

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