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The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

Recover Faster, Perform Stronger: Sleep the Spartan Way

The Hard Way With Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7870 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Most athletes lose their edge because they don’t recover right. The mattress innovator Jack Dell’Accio reveals breaks down why deep sleep and REM sleep drive peak performance, how pros are using sleep recovery hacks to gain an advantage, and why the mattress you sleep on can change everything. Learn how to recover faster, perform stronger, and push past limits. Want the Spartan edge? Hit play and level up your sleep.
 
Timestamps:
00:00 Jack’s roots & childhood in Montreal
02:08 Hockey life in Canada and Florida
03:20 Panthers games & working with NHL players
06:44 How Jack entered the mattress business
09:54 Sleep study: boosting REM & deep sleep
11:27 What makes Essentia mattresses different
14:46 New Boca Raton factory & expansion plans
18:02 Where to find Essentia & customer loyalty
 
Connect to Jack:
globe with meridians Website: myessentia.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

My philosophy back down was sleep when you're dead.

0:02.0

Absolutely, you need to do the training.

0:04.0

You need to train hard.

0:05.0

But if you recover, then you'll win.

0:08.0

You know, the difference between the top 10 athletes and the 10th to the 20th

0:12.0

is usually in their recovery, because all of them are going to train like crazy, right?

0:16.0

So training is critical, but whoever is recovering faster, recovering well, those are the ones that are

0:21.9

waiting.

0:22.9

Spartans, listen up.

0:24.0

We need to sleep better.

0:25.0

How do you sleep better?

0:26.6

Never thought about before.

0:27.8

And so I met Jack.

0:29.0

I met Ascentia.

0:30.0

I had attention to the mattress to sleep on because it's loaded with chemicals.

0:34.6

Recovery, cooling, and pressure relief, all in one mattress, up to 60% more deep and

0:40.8

REM sleep. Less inflammation, faster bounce back. No toxins. No EMFs. No BS. My buddy,

0:48.1

Jacques, over at Ascentia, he's kind enough to give us a code for the Spartan community. That's

0:52.8

DECA, that's tough mother of all of us.

0:54.8

Use Spartan 25, get a discount, prioritize your sleep so you can sleep faster, you can do more

1:00.5

burpees, you can train more, you can get healthier. When you sleep well, you live well.

1:05.2

Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joe DeCina, founder and CEO of Spartan races.

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