Nick Littehales: Sleep

Want to sleep better? For an ever increasing amount of people, the answer is yes. This week Simon sits down with Elite Sport Sleep Coach Nick Littlehales to uncover the sleep hacking secrets of some of the world’s top sportsmen and women. Nick has worked with a number of the biggest football clubs on the planet including Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City, Team Sky’s Tour De France winning cyclists and Olympic and Paralympic athletes. In this episode of DTMTS Nick reveals how he got Sir Alex Ferguson interested in his methods at a time when sleep issues weren’t so widely discussed. He also talks about the importance of getting your circadian rhythms in sync, why you don’t need 8 hours sleep at night, and why you should find out what sleep chronotype you are.