Those late-night tweets you’re sending may be impacting your game, NBA players. Professional basketball players who sent tweets between 11 p.m and 7 a.m. the night before a game scored on average 1 point less and their shooting accuracy dropped by 1.7 percentage points compared with their performance in games that did not follow late-night […]
Fitbit’s trackers may not provide the most accurate calorie counts, but a new study shows they’re on their A-game for a different metric when users are fast asleep. Wrist-worn devices such as fitness bands and smartwatches can determine sleep stages — from wake and light to deep and REM — “with a reasonable degree of […]
Tossing and turning in bed and not being able to sleep can be frustrating for anyone. However, it can be even more frustrating as an athlete. The amount and quality of sleep athletes get is important in relation to their health, recovery, and overall performance. While these are considered key components to an athlete’s performance, […]
With the coming of the burgeoning wearable market a few years back came a heavy emphasis on sleep—seeing as these wearables could actually monitor an athlete’s sleep. Devices like the one made by Fatigue Science can even coordinate an athlete’s performance in relation to the sleep that they get at night. Get The Latest Sports […]
(Inside Science) – When game time rolls around, athletes must produce the best possible performance no matter when the competition starts or when they prefer to rise and shine. But according to a new study, researchers may underestimate the importance of athletes’ body clocks to their performance levels. It’s well known that people and animals […]
