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Dr. Andy Galpin

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FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

I've been fortunate to work with many of the highest paid athletes in the world where we had unlimited funds to do anything.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

And we know at the same time, sleep is so critically important.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

But the best thing we could do is send them in like a sleep clinic or a consumer wearable.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

And it was like killing me.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

I'm like, how is there not better sleep solutions than these?

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

That's why we went and built Absolute Rest.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

How do we know if it's enough?

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

We do it differently.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

We actually have a bunch of direct measures of follow-up cognitive and physical performance.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

So we determine high quality sleep as a function of how are you actually performing.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

So that is a different answer for everybody.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It can be a time domain.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It can be, there's actually a, one of the markers we use is actually called sleep quality index.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It's FDA approved.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Tons of evidence behind it.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

That metric alone is an okay single number, if you want to use it.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

But that has a lot of validation behind it.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

We start there.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

But like I said, sometimes it is a numbers game.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It is a total amount of hours.