The Hard Way With Joe De Sena · Joe De Sena

Recover Faster, Perform Stronger: Sleep the Spartan Way

·21 min·2 clips
Essentia's sleep study found up to 60% more deep sleep for pro athletes using their organic mattresses.
Joe DeSena interviews Jack DeLaccio, founder of Essentia, about the importance of sleep recovery for athletic performance. They discuss how Essentia's organic, toxin-free mattresses with quartz and cooling technology enhance deep and REM sleep, backed by studies with pro athletes. The conversation also touches on Italian heritage, hockey fandom, and the company's evolution from aiding cancer patients to serving sports teams.

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A blunt case for treating sleep like training.

This episode treats sleep as a performance tool, not a luxury. Joe De Sena makes the case that recovery is where the edge lives: hard training matters, but the people who bounce back fastest tend to keep winning.

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Sleep better if you want your training to pay off.

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