Recovery & mobility

Sleep support

Which products may improve the sleep environment without overstating the evidence?
Illustration of a bedroom corner with curtains, a lamp and a closed notebook.
Sleep-environment context, not a product recommendation. Original AI-generated NST illustration, not a product photograph or a depiction of a specific model. Not to scale.

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Understand sleep and recovery

Under sleeping quietly costs training capacity, makes hard efforts feel harder, and is linked with higher injury and illness rates. The fixes, a consistent schedule, a wind down, a dark cool room, watching evening caffeine, are cheap and low risk.

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