Sleep is the Engine of your Wellbeing

And everyone needs to tune that engine.

This point will be completely self-evident for the final two teams in the America’s Cup. Team Ineos and Emirates Team New Zealand go into the later stages of the final showdown knowing that tuning the engines of themselves and their teammates is critical to success.

Physical and mental preparation now start to reveal themselves. In Ben Ainslie, Team Ineos has a fighter that has won some of the most epic sailing duels in Olympic history. Peter Burling, a quiet Kiwi with a preternatural ability to understand the wind at sea sits at the helm of Emirates Team New Zealand.

The result of The America’s Cup will come down to very fine margins, some physical but in this sport mostly mental. The cognitive skills to find and hold “the pressure”, wind to you and me, will be paramount.

To make sure those skills are at their peak, both teams need to “tune” their sleep. They need to understand consistency, quality and quantity of their sleep and be able to adjust both personal and environmental metrics to get the best 8 hours possible.

Sleep “tuning” device copyright Simon McMaster

Footfalls are showcasing said “tuning” device in the USA at the end of this month. Just as you tune an engine and get optimal power, fuel economy and durability, “tuning” your sleep with optimise alertness, stress reduction, cognitive power and longevity.

So, whether you are the skipper of an AC75 or a mother coping with the school run and then work on a weekly basis, being able to “tune” your sleep will be the future.

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