We once knew a Division I volleyball coach who said: “Legs pay the bills.”<\/p>\n
In between countless sets of squats, leg extensions and leg sled reps lied the key\u00a0to success… along with hours of running, jump roping and sprinting.<\/p>\n
There’s no doubt that resistance training and aerobic exercise are very\u00a0important factors in an athlete’s physical performance. \u00a0Who doesn’t love the weight room, the suicide sprints and the tailored diets? They work.<\/p>\n
Left out of that equation: \u00a0the role of sleep.<\/p>\n
The bedroom is home to one of the fitness world’s most important pieces of training equipment: the mattress. \u00a0We’ve done our research and talked to sports professionals. The research is conclusive: sleep is an integral part of an athlete’s physical performance.<\/p>\n
Mark Verstegen, Director of Performance for the NFL Players Association and happy Somnium sleeper, is an expert at working with elite\u00a0athletes. He believes reaching peak performance\u00a0is about more than what happens on the field.<\/p>\n
“Sleep is the magic pill in improving performance. There is deep research\u00a0around how great sleep upgrades an athletes cognitive and physiologic\u00a0abilities,” Mark told us. “Somnium has finally created a breakthrough piece of equipment that\u00a0meets the level of precise engineering elite performers expect. Somnium has the winning combination for elite sleep.”<\/p>\n