you are so right!

Looking at your phone will make it hard for you to go to sleep or nap.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s true, thanks for sharing this advice!

@th3l05t-kfpreactoroperator5

2 жыл бұрын

It’s actually the opposite for me if I don’t look at some boring stuff on my phone my thoughts keep me awake for hours

Good luck over this period Göran! You've taken absolutely the right and healthy attitude to the necessary adjustments that prioritizing your new and demanding members of your family require. In the long term this will surely make you an even stronger athlete, but more importantly it will guarantee you become a great dad and husband. Your videos continue to inspire. Thank you, and sleep well- if you can!

Hi Goran! Fantastic video as always! You are 100 percent right here. I have really concentrated on good sleep over last few months. I feel so good because of it!

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 Ok that's cool to hear congrats on prioritizing such an important thing!

Thank you Göran, great info together with examples👍🍀

Norway is beautiful, hope one day, you can show us around.

Great stuff, I've been looking at getting more sleep lately because I was feeling more tired, It's really nice to see what benefits I could get from sleeping more as a form of motivation.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you found it helpful 😊

Great video and feedback! I see that you just exceeded 50k subscribers too. Congratulations!

I 100% agree, sleep is needed. My wife and I have 4 kids and sleep was hard to come by when the kids were little. It is interesting to see how little you can get and how you can keep going. The human body is an amazing thing that is very resilient. Great video!!!

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Ok yeah I can imagine it was hard to get some sleep with four kids! Yeah I have also been amazed that I actually am able to function okay with so little sleep. Thanks!

Golden advice! I started appreciated sleep only after I developed chronic insomnia and was forced to give up on most activities :( Hope to get my sleep and life back.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Ok sad to hear about your insomnia! Hope you’re doing okay, thanks!

My partner and I had a son in January 2010 and twin girls in September 2011. It was like having triplets. And I’m still knackered.

Very good video, thank you for bringing that mo my attention. I think it's cute that you think things will get better soon. If soon means a few years, you are probably right. Yes, I said probably.

Days that I spend a few hours on the trail are usually followed by an effortless nap in the afternoon. Your body tells you when it wants to sleep. All you have to do is listen.

Indeed Goran! I have spoken about this many times on my vidoes and folks still don’t listen 🤣🤣🤣

Just did an 1/2 ironman. Weekly training hours was around 15-18 hours. Sleep was no problem. At around 22 o’clock i would fall a sleep and i didn’t wake up until 7-8 o’clock. I totally agree; sleep is extremely important. Great video as always😊👍

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience! And congrats on getting all of that training in and your 1/2 Ironman!

@PhiyackYuh

2 жыл бұрын

15-18 hours? What finishing time did u get? Sub 5?

Wow this is what I have been missing! Any advice on how to get good sleep the night before a big race??

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

It can be hard to sleep well before a race if you are a bit nervous. But a general thing that have been studied on is that 1-2hours without any screentime before bedtime will help also not eat to close to bed time.

Great video, Goran! You’re right in saying it’s one of the most important but least talked about topics in training…

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! ☺️

I find a good routine and consistent timing helps get a good quality sleep, if I go to bed too early I normally don’t get to sleep, but if I can go when I am tired, I get to sleep quickly and have a good sleep. I find 7 1/2 hrs works really well for me. As you get older your sleep requirements may change a bit as well, at least you are more in control of your sleep options when the kids grow up. I remember having to go to work after a very broken nights sleep when my oldest was a baby, it can be really tough.

Important message. This is something that I did not care enough about when I tried to be an elite athlete.

Thanks for sharing these insights. Just wondering, when is the best and most optimal time to perform training during the day? Is it in morning, during the day or in the afternoon?

Good luck Göran, you will be able to improve again when you can sleep enough when the twins are grown up, in about 23 years from now 🤣 In the meantime, thanks for giving us "normal people" good excuse for not improving enough: we simply cannot afford sleeping enough! :)

Just got a good 9 hour sleep on Friday then did a long run then I got another good 9hr sleep on Saturday. Definitely means I needed it from the run, and not just catching up from the week! As a side note, I find that high intensity days sometimes lead to difficulty falling asleep. I wonder if there is some sort of adrenaline/sympathetic nervous system related phenomenon there

I don't know what to do and in a bit of a rut. Started probably too hard and damaged my legs which took 2 odd weeks to heal. Started then with 1 mile jogs a couple times to then build up, and now my knees ache and can't even do that. No idea what to do at all

watching this at 3am🥲

Watched this literally after an afternoon nap :-) unfortunately the night sleep is not that good with me, can't get beyond 6 hours. I try to compensate during the day when possible.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Haha ok, yeah compensating with a nap during the day then I think is very beneficial!

I always wonder how they do that. I naturally wake up after 6 hours (or less). Always. I never sleep more - it just does not work, no matter what I do 😕

I think we should differentiate a bit more between "sleep, spent time in bed/rest". At least I am not sure if a lot of athletes go to bed and fall asleep in 15-25min and sleep 10h. Also napping time has "targets" likes less than 30min; again asking if you really fall asleep after 15min...

Totally true without sleep we can't do anything well, but the stresses of life and making a living does prevent you having a good nights sleep.

I work night shifts, and I think this has a negative impact on my training and sleep =) Anyways, I think your plan sounds good. We must all adapt to circumstance, whatever they may be. Who knows, soon your twins will be running with you =)

This is great information! Could I ask, if I’m getting around 6 of sleep every night, would napping 1-2 hours during the day have the same recovery benefits as if I were to sleep 8+ hours at night? My schedule doesn’t allow me to sleep more than 6-7 hours a night sadly. Thanks!

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you liked the information! I haven't seen any studies on it but if you only sleep 6 hours during the night I think that a 1 hour nap during the day will help a lot for your recovery.

@alangaris3598

2 жыл бұрын

@@goranwinblad Wil try that. Thank you for the help!

Watching this at 1 AM

DO what you do from a place of love and gratitude, will make any athlete better. instead of fear and self punishment. That transformed the way i look at myself and exercise. sorry about the preaching hahah :)

Welcome to parenthood. Maybe do a video on sleep hygiene, optimize the time you do have for sleep. Good luck

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea!

Unluckily, I've found this video late in the night, just when I was going sleep before my morning run... After few seconds I decided to pause and go to sleep :D I think that was the point of it???

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Haha glad to hear yep I think you got the important point out of the video then! 😅

I find it quite hard to break 7 hours a night during a busy work week. Late dinners and waking up around 6 AM, just don't fall asleep early enough to make it work.

I'm a napper 😊

Three kids, haven’t slept properly for 11 years. Still grinding though, Good times 😅

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I can imagine 😅

I train 12 hours + a week but just physically cannot sleep more than 7-8 hours. I am simply not sleepy. Also my colleague got twins recently, I hope yours sleep well!

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Ok yeah it seems to be quite individual how much sleep is enough thanks for sharing your experience! 😊

I Remember when my son was an infant. 5 hours of sleep would have been a generous estimate. And never all at once. It gets better though but I never did get back to getting at much sleep as I did before he was born.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Yeah I can imagine that’s the case.

lol I am a twin

How do you sleep so well with twins lol

Hi, what happend to the orienteering videos? you will back to orienteering yet?

Great excuse for an afternoon nap zzzzzzz

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Haha hope you have a great nap 😀

This is commong knowledge but thats the hardest part of training. Its hardly possible for regular working people to get a high amount of sleep. Adding a family to that and its completely impossible. So its reserved for special life styles or athletes. Not something I can bake into my life.

You mean the hardest thing to do

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah it’s easy in a way (just laying down closing your eyes) but as you say to find the time to sleep enough can be the hardest thing of all as I have experienced the last eight months 😅 Maybe the title should be ..the “easiest”.. 😅

yep professional athletes are professional resters

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

Too bad most of us need 60+ hours a week of work. Sleep is so important but if I sleep 8-10 hours then that means I'm not running or doing much of anything to recover from. That's life....

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@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😀

My son's first year, I didn't train at all, no time. If you're making videos, training, filming (or other day job stuff) AND you have twins? You're doing too much. Slow down. Get some rest man. You're a busy dude.

@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your concern but making videos are part of my job and income and like most people I can’t afford not working for a year. Also I love my job and try to inspire others so wouldn’t want to quit it either. I’m also happy that working for my self allow me to work less hours and be more with the kids than most who are employed can do. Getting at least 30min of exercise a day is what keeps me productive, happy and healthy so this I will always make time for 😊

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@goranwinblad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊

the only way I could sleep 10+ hours a day is if I trained 4+ hours per day