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“There is this myth that if you
exercise, you can get away with
less sleep,” says Dr. David C. Nieman, professor and director of the
Appalachian State Human Performance Lab. “Most studies are
now showing that if you exercise,
you actually need more sleep. It’s
pretty much the concept that you
need to plug your battery in and
restore because the muscles may
have been disrupted.”
Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash
is renowned for taking exceptional
care of his body as his career has
advanced deep into his 30s, and
napping is a part of his regimen.
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[Naps] are a must
because the emotions from
a game can keep you up
until 3 in the morning.”
“If you nap every game day,
all those hours add up and it allows you to get through the season better,” Nash told The New
York Times in 2011 for a piece
that named fellow MVP Award
winners Bryant and Derrick Rose
among those players who rely on
napping to stay sharp.
“As soon as you start chopping
Chris Paul,
#13 of the
U.S. Men’s
Senior
National
Team, takes
a nap prior
to a game
against
Lithuania
in 2008.