258. Does Catching Up on Sleep Actually Work? The Science Explained

About this episode

The episode discusses the effects of sleep deprivation and the myth of catching up on sleep.

If you’re surviving on six hours during the week and banking on the weekend to balance the books, the research has some sobering news for you. What’s essentially happening is you’re giving yourself jet lag every single week, and your circadian rhythm never gets the stable foundation it needs to function. Join my free two-day sleep challenge on April 29th and 30th that lays out the complete daily protocol to finally break that cycle: https://www.theultimatehuman.com/challenge/home CLICK HERE TO BECOME GARYS VIP!: https://bit.ly/4ai0Xwg Thank you to our partners A-GAME: “ULTIMATE15” FOR 15% OFF: http://bit.ly/4kek1ij AION: “ULTIMATE10” FOR 10% OFF: https://bit.ly/4h6KHAD AIRES: "ULTIMATE20 " FOR 20% OFF: https://bit.ly/4a3Duze BAJA GOLD: "ULTIMATE10" FOR 10% OFF: https://bit.ly/3WSBqUa BODYHEALTH: “ULTIMATE20” FOR 20% OFF: http://bit.ly/4e5IjsV COLD LIFE: THE ULTIMATE HUMAN PLUNGE: https://bit.ly/4eULUKp CYMBIOTIKA: UNLOCK YOUR ULTIMATE POTENTIAL: https://bit.ly/4tjyluP GENETIC METHYLATION TEST (UK ONLY): https://bit.ly/48QJJrk GENETIC TEST (USA ONLY): ⁠https://bit.ly/3Yg1Uk9 GOPUFF: GET YOUR FAVORITE SNACK!: https://bit.ly/4obIFDC H2TABS: “ULTIMATE10” FOR 10% OFF…

People in this episode

Host: Gary Brecka

Topics covered

• sleep
• circadian rhythm
• health
• fitness
• sleep challenge

Keywords

• sleep
• circadian rhythm
• jet lag
• sleep challenge
• health

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