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Welcome to an interesting meeting on sleep and its impact on athletic performance and recovery. When: Monday September 30th at 12:00-13:30
Where: Reykjavik University, room M104
Sleep for Optimised Athletic Performance and Recovery - Hugh Fullagar
Sleep has a relationship with almost every basic human drive in life. When we sleep our brain develops our ability to make rational decisions, learn new skills and process knowledge. It impacts our emotions, our immune system, as well as what, when and how we eat. Getting sufficient sleep can also help prevent life-threatening diseases such as diabetes and cancer. But what about the impact of sleep for athletes? This talk will focus on how and why athletes, sleep, the impact of sleep on recovery, and discuss the evidence around the effect of improved sleep on better mood, athletic and cognitive performance, as well as providing a potential barrier to injury.
The presenter is Professor Hugh Fullagar, from the Department of Sports Sciences at RU. Passionate about furthering our understanding on how to improve performance and reduce injury in sport, Hugh has experience working with elite athletes and teams, occupational workers, leading organisations and members of the community across Europe, North America and Australia. An award-winning researcher, scientist and teacher, Hugh will highlight the importance of sleep for education, performance and wellness, career longevity and overall health for athletes.
Travel and recovery for athletes - Rob Duffield
Travel is an integral and ever-present demand for professional athletes, especially for football players. This presentation will explore the mechanisms, effects and consequences of travel, particularly on sleep, recovery and performance. More importantly, methods to aid and tolerate travel demands to optimise recovery and performance will be discussed.
Professor Rob Duffield has researched sleep, recovery and travel in sport for too long, and will provide a summary of some of the work to date. Rob is a Professor of Sport & Exercise Science at the University of Technology Sydney (Australia) with a diverse research focus on fatigue, recovery, performance, health, injury, heat and wearable technology for a wide range of professional and youth sports. He is also Head of Research & Development for Football Australia, working to support the Sports Science and Medicine Departments of senior and youth National Teams.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Menntavegur 1, Menntavegur 1, 102 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland,Reykjavík, Iceland