Men's Health Australia

IS SLEEP THE ULTIMATE P.E.D.?

Tom Brady, noted underachiever that he is, aims to be in bed by 8:30pm. LeBron James plans his life around nabbing 10 hours of shut-eye. Justin Verlander, the Cy Young–winning Houston Astros ace, clocks between 10-12 hours every night. (And he does it sleeping next to Kate Upton.) In the past few years, the world’s premier athletes have discovered a new performance-enhancing supplement for their training regimens: sleep.

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