Fueling Champions Week 33: Sleep & Rest Part 2

Intro: Real Strategies for Real-Life Sleep Challenges

Knowing that sleep is essential is one thing — protecting it is another. In this lesson, we explore real-world challenges to sleep like blue light, late-night screen time, and inconsistent routines. We’ll also walk through evidence from NBA and Stanford athletes to show how prioritizing sleep can elevate performance and improve outcomes — from sprint speed to shooting percentage.

Summary: What Happens When Sleep Is Protected (and When It’s Not)

In Part 2, we explored how blue light disrupts melatonin production and delays sleep onset. You learned about late-night social media’s negative effect on next-day athletic performance and how sleep extension improved sprint speed, accuracy, and recovery in athletes. Finally, we introduced actionable sleep strategies — from bedtime routines and screen management to environment tweaks and stress reduction — to help your athlete sleep deeper and recover smarter.