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Extra Sleep Improves Athletic Performance

by Scott Bird | June 11, 2008
Filed in Sleep , studies

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Via Conditioning Research : Science Daily notes one of the many sleep vs performance studies taking place at the moment. Although I disagree with the idea of simply increasing the duration of sleep - in my opinion, increasing the quality of sleep is far more important - it’s an interesting study overall. And yes, I’m still on the biphasic sleep routine.


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