How to Sleep Better Without Obsessing Over Optimization

Sleep affects your mood, focus, training, recovery, and almost everything else you do. But getting better sleep does not require a perfect nighttime routine or an endless list of sleep hacks.

Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson talk about practical ways to improve sleep while accepting that real life will never be perfectly optimized.

They discuss consistent bedtimes and wake times, evening routines, meal timing, caffeine, alcohol, naps, room temperature, waking up during the night, and using sleep trackers without becoming obsessed with the data.

They also explain why poor sleep can make the same training feel much harder, how short naps can improve focus, and why your evening routine may begin much earlier than bedtime.

The goal is not perfect sleep.

The goal is to build a few habits that consistently move you toward better rest, better recovery, and better performance.

In this episode: Why good sleep changes your mood and training

Sleep debt and physical performance

Consistent wake times and bedtimes

Building an evening routine

Meal timing and sleep

Caffeine and alcohol