Do You Want to Improve as a Runner? It’s Simple, Sleep More- Dr. James Maas

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🗓️ 18 November 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today we’re talking to the inventor of the phrase “power nap.” You’re going to learn so much in this interview, and it’s going to change the way you look at sleep forever. It turns out that counting sheep isn’t as effective as we thought, so we get the low down from an expert.

Are you ready for one of the most impressive bios you’ve ever heard? Our guest today is Dr. James Maas. He’s an internationally recognized authority in sleep and performance, he conducts research on both, as well as in leadership and critical thinking. He was also a professor at Cornell University for 48 years, and won multiple awards while doing so.

He’s one of the wo [...]

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0:00.0	sleep to be at the top of your game requires that you experience five different types of brain waves
0:10.5	every single night. Night.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Runers Connect, Run to the Top Podcast,
0:17.0	where it's all about learning from the best minds in the sport
0:20.0	so you can train smarter, stay healthy and run faster now.
0:25.0	And now your host, Tina Muir.
0:27.0	Hello, this is Tina Muir.
0:30.0	Thanks again for being here for the latest episode of the Runners Connect to run to the top
0:34.3	podcast. Now I have a very special guest for you today. This was the shortest span I've ever
0:40.5	had to set up an interview. I emailed my guess and almost immediately he responded giving me a time that would work for the next day.
0:48.0	Honestly, I wasn't even expecting a response. That's how prestigious he is, but I was absolutely blown away when he gave me a time the next day. I said yes, I was going to do whatever I had to to talk to him. And we had the most wonderful chat. I'm sure you're going to enjoy this episode and learn so much.
1:06.0	So who is this guest of mine? Are you ready for one of the most impressive bios you've ever heard?
1:12.0	My guest today is Dr. James Mars. He's an
1:15.8	internationally recognized authority in sleep and performance. He conducts research
1:20.9	on sleep and performance as well as leadership and critical thinking.
1:24.8	He's won multiple awards in his years as a professor, including the American Psychological Association
1:31.4	Distinguished Teaching Award for being the Nation's Outstanding Educator.
1:36.0	He's produced nine national TV specials which has won 44 major film festivals. He's one of the world's most sought after corporate, medical and professional
1:46.8	athletic team speakers and he frequently appears on national television shows such as the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and
1:55.8	wait for it, Oprah.
1:58.4	He's also a New York Times Best Selling, has a New York Time Best Selling book, which is Sleep for Success, in addition to some other books you'll hear him talk about.
2:06.0	So today, Dr. Jim and I are going to talk about how to determine if you're getting enough sleep using a five-question survey which he asked during the
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