The Woman Who Helps NBA Stars To Sleep: Stop Having Showers Just Before Bed! Dr Cheri Mah

Quicker decision making and faster reaction times, here’s how you sleep like an Olympian

Dr Cheri Mah is a sleep scientist and Professor at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Centre, specialising in the relationship between sleep and performance in elite athletes.

0:00 Intro
01:59 What do you do and why do you do it?
04:22 Who do you work with?
07:06 What are the misconceptions about sleep?
10:46 Study that increases performance by 12%
14:11 NBA players losing based on schedule
17:03 Players who slept more sprinted faster
18:49 Athletes who have changed their careers by focusing on sleep
22:05 Where to start getting better sleep?
23:18 Does sound/music hurt sleep quality?
24:39 Does temperature matter?
26:44 Food timing for better sleep
29:09 The food to eat before bed that will destroy your sleep
34:03 What to do for a racing mind?
35:34 What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
39:40 Emotional link to better sleep
41:44 Perception change on the importance of sleep
44:01 Cognitive performance and sleep
47:49 Sleep debt and how it works
52:22 Muscle memory and its connection to sleep
54:35 What’s a nappucino?
56:05 Do naps work?
57:39 Is the snooze button bad?
01:00:10 Are there different chronotypes?
01:02:46 Does school start too early for kids?
01:04:32 What parents should know
01:07:47 Sleeping travel tips
01:12:13 Sleeping drugs
01:16:01 Does sex before sleep hurt quality of sleep?
01:17:34 What is the most popular question Cheri Mah gets asked?
01:20:21 How common is sleep apnea?
01:22:17 What excuses do we hear for prioritizing sleep?
01:23:52 Sleep and injury proneness
01:25:35 Waking up early makes Steven hungry
01:27:32 Is waking up in the middle of the night normal?
01:29:15 How much does alcohol affect my sleep
01:30:10 Guests last question