Regular sleeping rhythm doesn’t mean you have to obsessively stick to your routine without any exceptions ever – even athletes take it easy every now and then: Regular sleeping rhythm doesn’t mean you have to obsess about it. I then read a book to get my eyes tired, then I kiss my wife goodnight and I’m out cold in a couple of minutes.” My wife and I turn off the TV and don’t look at our phones other than setting the alarm so that we have 30-45 minutes of no ‘blue’ light before we go to sleep. “I follow the same bedtime routine and start getting ready for bed around 9 p.m. He goes to bed at the same time every night whether it’s a rest day, training day, or a race day. Professional triathlete Chris Leiferman from the BMC-Vifit Team aims to maintain the same sleeping rhythm and get about nine hours of sleep every night. Photo credit: James Mitchell athletes tend to love rhythm and routine – but does it apply to sleep? We also dug into Polar Sleep Plus™ data to understand how athletes’ sleep compares to the sleep of Polar Sleep Plus users.
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To help us answer this question, we asked two professional athletes from the BMC-Vifit Sport Pro Triathlon Team how they sleep and how they make sure they get enough sleep.
Most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep per night but do athletes sleep more? And if they do, are they getting more and better sleep than the rest of us? Even though sleep is one of the key areas that affect our overall wellbeing and fitness, it’s often overlooked, or neglected, even by athletes.
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