{"podcast":{"title":"Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin","slug":"perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","podcast_index_feed_id":6754078,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/perform","website_url":"https://www.performpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7ccb76de-a5a4-11ee-9959-3708fa969426/image/3802b9dd3e50d14ce6feb3e5d966f06e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scicomm Media","episode_count":28,"summary":"This is Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin. I'm Dr. Andy Galpin, a professor and director of the Human Performance Center at Parker University. With this podcast, my goal is to help you better understand and maximize your own physical and mental performance, leveraging my two decades of experience with elite performers, including Olympians and world champions across numerous sports. The goal is to cover a range of tools, technologies, and strategies designed to help everyone—from beginners to record-breaks, and everyone in between. While not all of us are elite athletes—myself included—there are countless lessons and tools we can learn from those performing at the highest levels. And remember, as legendary coach Bill Bowerman stated, \"If you have a body, you are an athlete.\" If you're not already, I hope you'll consider starting to train and recover like one.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:09.612365+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078"},"episode":{"title":"How to Enhance Performance With Better Sleep","slug":"how-to-enhance-performance-with-better-sleep","published_at":"2024-07-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/how-to-enhance-performance-with-better-sleep","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078","url":"https://performpodcast.com/episode/how-to-enhance-performance-with-better-sleep/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SCIM7319787608.mp3?updated=1738454245","summary":"In this episode, I explain how sleep optimization produces a competitive advantage and the many tools available for improving sleep to maximize athletic performance. I explain how sufficient, high-quality sleep enhances speed, accuracy, reaction time, and competition performance and aids in injury recovery. I also describe why most athletes suffer from chronic suboptimal sleep, the athlete’s sleep paradox, the biochemical reason athletes need more sleep, and the most common sleep disorders affecting athletes. I explain the importance of optimizing three areas for sleep: duration, quality, and timing. I also discuss how to use sleep extension to improve performance and how to use sleep banking and/or adjust sleep timing during competition training or travel. I discuss the three I’s (investigate, interpret, intervene) for improving sleep and describe sleep solutions, ranging from free protocols and low-cost wearables to high-precision clinical sleep testing. Listeners will understand the importance of sleep for performance and how to create a precise, effective sleep program tailored to individual needs and goals for yourself or the athletes you coach. Access the full show notes for this episode at performpodcast.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/perform LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/perform Absolute Rest: https://www.absoluterest.com/perform Momentous: https://livemomentous.com/perform Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/perform Timestamps 00:00:00 Sleep Performance 00:08:16 Sponsors: AG1 & LMNT 00:11:44 Sleep Deprivation vs. Extreme Sleep Restriction, Suboptimal Sleep 00:15:49 Emerging Research & Sleep Performance 00:20:51 Sleep Duration, Sleep Banking, Sleep Extension 00:28:29 Tool: Sleep Extension to Improve Athletic Performance 00:35:21 Sponsors…","meta_description":"In this episode, I explain how sleep optimization produces a competitive advantage and the many tools available for improving sleep to maximize athletic p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/episodes/how-to-enhance-performance-with-better-sleep/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/perform-with-dr-andy-galpin-6754078/how-to-enhance-performance-with-better-sleep.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}