Dr. Michael Grandner

It's like, you know, it's not about what you ate today.

It's about what you've been, right.

I mean, it's, it's, it's the same thing with the sleep on the weekends where when people say, how much sleep do I need to make up on the weekends to, to make up for being sleep deprived during the week?

I'm like, well, that's like saying how much kale do I need to eat on the weekends, but to make up for eating nothing but cheeseburgers and pizza all week.

It's like, well, it's like I was saying about weekends, like it's better to do that than just having cheeseburgers and pizza all week.

But that's not the answer.

And that's also why you don't recover right away.

That's why it's not like a debt.

Sleep debt isn't like a financial debt.

It's not like you don't have to pay it all back, which is good.

You just have to get back in balance and your body will start taking care of itself once you're doing the right thing.

So, yeah, it looks like sleep.

First of all, sleep is critical for recovery.

And everyone knows that.

Like when you're sick or when you're injured, you actually have an instinct to rest more.

I mean.

Yes.

But from injury prevention standpoint, sleep deprived people injure themselves more.

We see this from all occupations.

Like you crash your car more.