Jeffrey Jaime, CISSPServant Leader & CEO Driving AI Innovation and Team Excellence

Untapped Benefits of Afternoon Naps

3 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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YouTube video "Untapped Benefits of Afternoon Naps" (Jeffrey Jaime, CISSP) summarizes research linking afternoon naps to improved exercise performance and reduced perceived exertion. The speaker cites a 2020 Ramadan study where naps lowered rating of perceived exertion during sprints, and a 2022 study where a ~40-minute nap about three hours before exercise reduced muscle soreness and enabled higher workout intensity. The talk also references a 2021 National Survey of Sexual Wellbeing reporting that erectile dysfunction (ED) is most prevalent in older age groups but increasing among people in their 20s–40s seeking urologic care.

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A 2021 National Survey of sexual well being showed that ED prevalence is highest among older age groups, but it's also increasing with shocking frequency in younger individuals. People in their 20s and 30s and 40s are more and more coming in and seeing urologists for erectile dysfunction issues. Another study on physically active men during Ramadan in 2020 showed that napping reduced their rating of perceived exertion while they were sprinting how hard they felt like they were working. Another study in 2022 also showed lower subjective muscle soreness and an increased ability to work out at a higher intensity in those who threw in again a 40 minute nap in the afternoon about three hours prior to working out.