Good morning, Motivators, Taryn here.

Sleep expert, Matthew Walker, once said that sleep is probably the number one legal performance

enhancing drug that most athletes are ignoring.

Now, I know that this is in fact likely true because I came across a survey that was put up

on YouTube last week that showed that 53%, let's be honest,

we all give ourselves a little bit of grace on that, so probably more than 53% of the

people who took this survey, which was a huge amount of athletes, said that they get less

than seven hours sleep. This means that the majority of you probably

watching aren't getting enough sleep. Today we're going to talk about how much sleep athletes

should actually get, you're going to be surprised about this, how little they actually get,

how to get more sleep, and what happens if you can't actually get more sleep? Because let's face it, we all

have to be realistic with ourselves, we can't just spend all day sleeping. How do you know

if what you're getting is enough? My name is Terrin Gazelle. In my 20s, I was overweight,

unfulfilled, and couldn't even run to the end of the block. Over the following years, I found

endurance sports, lost 65 pounds, won age groups,

race world championships, broke records,

and trained and learned from some of the best athletes

and coaches in the world.

You too can use endurance sports to change your life

and accomplish your fitness goals.

You just need a system, a system that's meant

for us amateurs who want to be

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