Why do we need sleep and how do we get enough?

Whatever level of physical activity or sport you are participating in, sleep has a crucial role in your performance.…
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Currently a senior performance physiologist at the sportscotland institute of sport, I completed an MSc by research with Celtic FC after spending a year's placement at James Cook University, Australia. I was head of sports science at St Mirren FC for three seasons and during this period the club were runners-up in the League Cup and successfully maintained Premier League status.
I have also worked on the preparation of Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes across a number of sports since the Beijing 2008 cycle in my roles at both the English Institute of Sport and sportscotland institute of sport. In the past seven years I have led the physiology support to Scottish athletes in six Olympic and Commonwealth Games sports, most recently leading on judo and swimming programmes. I was performance scientist for Team Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, working primarily with swimming coaches and athletes.
Whatever level of physical activity or sport you are participating in, sleep has a crucial role in your performance.…