Physiology Friday: The Rhythm of Rest: Unlocking Sleep Potential Naturally w/ Dr. Chris Perry, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Christopher A. Perry, an Assistant Professor at Eastern Kentucky University, began his fitness journey at Penn State University, where he developed a robust background in Strength & Conditioning leading to 17 years in the industry to date.

His academic path, leading through a PhD at Arizona State University, deepened his expertise in Exercise Science & Sports, Sleep & Circadian Rhythms, and Nutrition.

Chris's current research focuses on sleep, movement analysis, and CO2 tolerance, particularly in tactical populations and collegiate athletes.

His work aims to enhance performance, wellness, and longevity health outcomes, demonstrating his commitment to advancing the field of exercise and sports science.

Beyond his academic pursuits, Chris is an executive performance coach, weight loss consultant, fitness entrepreneurship mentor, podcast host, and enjoys engaging in coffee culture and movie discussions.

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Anders Varner on Instagram

Doug Larson on Instagram

Coach Travis Mash on Instagram

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0:00.0	Shrug family this week on Barbell Shrug. Physiology Friday's back. Today, Dr. Chris Perry's talking about the rhythm of rest and how you can align your body, build a circadian rhythm so that you sleep beautifully. As always, friends, make sure you get over to rapid health report.com. That's where Dan Garner, Dr. Andy Galpin, doing a free lab lifestyle and performance analysis, and you can access that report over at rapid health report.com. Friends, let's get into the show. Welcome to Barbile Shrugged. I'm Anders Farner, Doug Larson, Coach Sattesmast. Dr. Chris Perry, welcome back to Shrug, man. We've got a good flow going with you. It's nice having you in-house you got to come and
0:37.6	hang out with us all the time now i saw on x twitter we might be getting rid of daylight
0:45.9	savings time yeah i did see that too yeah which one are you choosing which one's healthier
0:50.9	do am i taking today's time I don't like today's time.
0:54.7	I don't like where we're at now. I like the summer. Long nights. I love the sun being out. I want to play outside forever. I don't want to have to. I don't think you can do away with that, though. Like, sunlight's going to not change. I just think there's no changing back and forth. We're not farmers anymore. It gets dark at like 7.30 or something like that instead of like 9 o'clock.
1:15.8	And will it still see?
1:17.2	You've got to wake up early if you want the sunlight then.
1:19.2	Yeah, Kentucky's bad too.
1:20.5	It takes forever to come up over here.
1:22.8	That's why I love being in Arizona for so long because it was up at like 5.30.
1:26.7	Oh, yeah.
1:27.7	No mountains or rolling hills.30. It's just amazing.
1:34.0	No mountains or rolling hills. That sun pierces through to your soul too. It's so warming.
1:38.4	I remember hearing about some, there was some type of data. Maybe you actually have more specifics on this than I do where there's like some tangible difference out of population level that when daylight
1:43.2	savings hit, it disrupts people's sleep. Again, at a population level that when daylight savings hit it disrupts
1:44.6	people's sleep again at a population level where like there's where it's enough to to cause
1:50.4	some amounts of health problems and some percentage of the people yes yes 100 percent i'm prepared
1:55.4	to talk about that today oh talking about right now i want to hear it so i didn't even know
2:00.5	how to everything he's ever talked about like that is consistency talking about it right now. I don't even know.
2:02.6	Everything he's ever talked about. Like that.
2:03.7	I am on board with getting rid of daylight savings time.
2:08.5	And it's not so much because when we take the clocks back and we get an extra hour
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