Sleep - the foundation of health and performance with Dr. Charles Samuels | EP#216

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Charles Samuels is the Medical Director of the Centre for Sleep & Human Performance in Calgary, Alberta. One of his key interest areas is exploring the relationship of sleep on recovery and performance in elite Canadian athletes, up to the Olympic level. In this episode, Dr. Samuels filters through some of the noise surrounding sleep, gives practical advice for getting adequate sleep, and discusses why sleep tracking wearables do more harm than good. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -The Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire -Differences between athletes and the general population in sleep patterns and sleep requirements -Why wearables and sleep trackers do more harm than good for our sleep -The case for catching up on sleep or banking sleep, and shooting for a weekly sleep goal -Caffeine, napping, and chronotypes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts216/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Get 20% off your entire order with the discount code TTS. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Centre For Sleep & Human Performance Athlete Sleep Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) Sleep, recovery, and performance with Shona Halson | EP#52 5 Laws of Sleep for Athletes - by Alex Hutchinson on Sweat Science, featuring Dr. Samuels Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	So we look after 3,000 Olympic athletes, para and able-bodied athletes in Canada.
0:05.1	So we're the guys that advise them.
0:07.7	Okay.
0:08.1	And our advice to the integrated support teams for each team is use the Hooper McKinnon.
0:15.3	So what people don't realize is that a person's perception of their sleep is far more important than objective data.
0:22.6	That Traflon Show, 260.
0:27.6	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:41.7	Welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon show, the podcast presented by
0:46.7	Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:49.2	I'm your host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Dr. Charles Samuels, who is the medical director of the Center for Sleep and Human Performance in Calgary, Canada.
1:00.4	One of his key interest areas, which makes him a very appropriate guest for this podcast, is exploring the relationship of sleep on recovery and performance in elite Olympic Canadian athletes.
1:13.5	Related to this, Dr. Samuels has, among other things, developed the athlete sleep screening questionnaire,
1:19.7	which is the only scientifically validated questionnaire for sleep patterns in the athletic population.
1:28.5	So he is super knowledgeable in this area.
1:31.9	And in this episode and interview, Dr. Samuels will filter through some of the noise
1:36.3	surrounding sleep, give practical advice for getting adequate sleep, and also importantly
1:42.3	discuss why sleep tracking wearables and monitoring, which is something that's
1:47.1	very popular these days, may actually do more harm than good almost. So that's a really
1:53.1	interesting topic that we're getting to as well. On my end, I did end up having some pretty
1:59.2	significant internet connection issues. I kept
2:02.0	losing Dr. Samuels and getting dropouts. So yeah, I want to apologize to Dr. Samuels for that
2:09.3	because we had to do some retakes and those sorts of annoying things. And also apologize
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