
Physical recovery
Top Advice for Athletes From Our Professional Sleep Coaches
Here’s the Zest sleep expert team's recommended game plan when they work with professional athletes.
Physical recovery
Here’s the Zest sleep expert team's recommended game plan when they work with professional athletes.
Alcohol has a sedative effect that someone might mistake as relaxing or helpful with sleep, but from a physiological perspective that is not the case.
In recent years, the medical profession has also adopted heart rate variability, or HRV. Although it first took hold in a clinical context in 1965, over the years researchers have learned more and more about its causes and effects, and what HRV measurements can tell us about the human body.
Physical recovery
If there’s one aspect of training that many athletes neglect, it's the importance of sleep to their strength and recovery routine. But that's when the magic happens.
A shower or bath in the evening is a great way to wash away the day and wind down before bed. Should you go hot or cold for your deepest sleep?
Results of a new study show that resistance exercise promotes better sleep among inactive adults, especially those who are poor sleepers.
NSDR helps slow down your thought-flow and brain wave frequency, allowing your brain and body to rest deeply. It can help with sleep, stress, anxiety ... and even learning.
HRV4Training helps athletes of all levels—that includes Olympic medalists and you—better balance training and lifestyle stressors to improve performance.
Physical recovery
Tart Montmorency cherry juice is gaining popularity among athletes with good reason. It's an aid for reducing muscle soreness...