{"id":803,"date":"2015-05-04T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/?p=803"},"modified":"2015-05-04T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T15:35:52","slug":"athletes-need-sleep-somnium-mattress-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/athletes-need-sleep-somnium-mattress-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes Need Sleep to Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sleep has been called the \u201cmagic pill\u201d for improved athletic performance.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_804\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-804\" data-attachment-id=\"804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/athletes-need-sleep-somnium-mattress-blog\/920x920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?fit=920%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"920,833\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"920&amp;#215;920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Joe Gomes&lt;br \/&gt;\nCourtesy Oakland Raiders&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?fit=625%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-804\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?resize=625%2C566\" alt=\"Joe Gomes Courtesy Oakland Raiders\" width=\"625\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?w=920&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somniumbeds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/920x920.jpg?resize=624%2C565&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Gomes<br \/>Courtesy Oakland Raiders<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Performance around the clock<\/h2>\n<p>More elite athletes are starting to focus on sleep as a path to succeed on the field.\u00a0<a title=\"Raiders seek edge with new coach's performance program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/raiders\/article\/Raiders-seek-edge-with-new-coach-s-performance-6209353.php\">The Oakland Raiders just hired a new coach<\/a> who has pledged to implement a new \u201c24-hour Performance System\u201d which will make sleep another important part of the player\u2019s workout. The Raiders\u2019 new Strength and Conditioning coach, Joe Gomes, is hoping a better \u201chealing environment\u201d will help injured players come back faster, and healthy players perform better on the field. He told the San Francisco Chronicle \u201cThe two biggest areas you can typically impact would be your recovery component and then your nutrition component. And if you just upgrade those areas, what you\u2019ll find is that no matter what training they\u2019re doing, you have already improved the level at which they can adapt to that.\u201d Oakland has struggled the last few seasons, but if Gomes is right then perhaps\u00a0Raiders fans can sleep a little better too.<\/p>\n<h2>Teen athletes need more sleep to stay healthy<\/h2>\n<p>Not\u00a0just adult athletes need to rack up Zs along with TDs. <a title=\"Lack of Sleep is Associated with Increased Risk of Injury in Adolescent Athletes\" href=\"https:\/\/aap.confex.com\/aap\/2012\/webprogram\/Paper17301.html\">A recent study<\/a> found teenagers who got a good night sleep (8+ hours) were 68% less likely to sustain an injury while playing sports. The American Academy of Pediatrics said that the hours of sleep a night was a more important indicator of whether the teen might get injured than the hours spent on the playing field or hours spent weight training. They also found the older a teen athlete gets, the more sleep they need.<\/p>\n<p>The research is piling up. Whether you are a star running back or aspire to be one in your athletic future, sleep does more than help you heal. Sleep helps you succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep has been called the \u201cmagic pill\u201d for improved athletic performance. 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