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Kirk Parsley, MD - Sleep, Navy SEALs and Testosterone

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8626 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2015

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Medical Doctor and former Navy SEAL, Kirk Parsley talks about how sleep can influence every performance metric in your life and what to do about it.

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Episode 61 with Dr. Kirk Parsley.

0:05.0

There's pretty much nothing that you could tell me is going on that's negative in your life that couldn't be an impact.

0:14.0

It's been significantly by sleep.

0:17.0

And their performance will suffer when you deprive them of just two hours of sleep.

0:26.5

I had guys who's free testosterone went up 300% because it's not just the production of testosterone.

0:35.5

It's other things that get in the way of your testosterone being free.

0:40.6

And if you're if you're lifting heavy, you're lifting frequently, especially if you're

0:44.9

training multiple times a day, it's insane not to take a 90 minute nap. Insane.

0:50.5

Insane. insane.

1:02.9

Hello and welcome.

1:07.7

My name is Danny Lennon and you are listening to Sigma Nutrition Radio.

1:12.4

This is the show that's all about getting you the information you need in your pursuit of manipulating body composition, achieving phenomenal performance, or becoming a truly elite

1:19.0

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1:24.3

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1:29.6

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1:35.9

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1:42.3

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2:01.7

sigmautrition.com so on today's show which is episode 61 I'm talking with dr. Kirk

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Parsley who is an amazing guy at the pleasure of meeting him last year out in Austin and he's just

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