E167 - Nick Littlehales, elite sleep coach: Rethink what you know on sleep

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Expert sleep coach Nick Littlehales joins us for the second episode of our special series with WHOOP, speaking to world leading experts who can positively impact you and the life you live.

Nick causes Jake and Damian to rethink how they look at their sleep patterns for high performance and provides practical tips we can all use for improving sleep patterns.

Nick has worked with elite sports teams from Team Sky to Manchester United on improving performance through sleep patterns. He is the author of the book Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps... and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind.

Thanks to WHOOP for being our partner on this series. WHOOP is a wearable health and fitness coach that helps you to sleep better, train smarter and recover faster.

If you're interested in improving your health and overall performance, you can go to join.whoop.com/hpp to get a 20% discount on a WHOOP membership this holiday season.

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0:00.0	Hi there, I'm Jake Cumpfrey and you're listening to the High Performance Podcast.
0:05.3	This podcast reminds you that it's within your ambition, your purpose, your story are all
0:11.1	there.
0:12.1	We just help unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the planet's highest performers into your
0:17.3	life lessons.
0:18.6	Welcome along to a special High Performance Podcast in association with the wearable
0:23.4	tech brand, Woop, myself and Professor Damien Hughes are about to speak to someone who could
0:29.7	be a genuine game changer for you.
0:32.6	Today we're joined by sleep expert Nick Littlehaels.
0:37.3	You can't change the world's schedules but if you know that you're a morning type and
0:43.4	AM or as I call them or a PMR you can make sure that you can optimize certain periods
0:48.6	of the day and minimise the influences of things that could be slightly negative.
0:55.0	So a lot of people listening to this absolutely guarantee it.
0:59.8	They might wake up around two or three o'clock in the morning and feel wide awake and can't
1:04.8	get back to sleep.
1:06.1	They might go to the toilet, they might sit there going on trying to go back to sleep and
1:10.0	can't get back to sleep.
1:11.0	If you look at the Polifazing approach it's absolutely natural.
1:17.6	How many people will get a solid eight hours, three six five through all of those seasons,
1:22.9	all of those changes.
1:24.5	Stop worrying about it.
1:26.4	Even the people who seem to sleep really well can't tell you how they do it.
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