Nikola Mirotic goes on podcast, talks about Jimmy, Rondo, NBA pressure, trash talking

[dhsilv2]

He’d go to the practice facility at 3:00 a.m. with his personal coach. He’d lift weights at 3:00 a.m., then do basketball drills at 5:00 a.m. There were days when Jimmy would show up at practice, take off his shoes, and just sit on the side watching us practice.

How in the HECK do you get up a 3 AM and also peak athletically for a game at 8 pm? These wild getting up in the legit middle of the night stories I hear, I'm not questioning them all, but they don't make any bit of sense. He might very well not get home after a game until midnight and you're telling me he sleeps 3 hours and works out?

A lot people do this even if they are not professional athletes, people take power naps during the day, to help alleviate sleepness, it might not be healthy long term. The sense is a lot of the guys who do this, are there ones who stay off social media as much as humanly possible.

Shoot the people loudest about doing this stuff are often influences. Who's the seal dude? David Gogins or something? Dude basically just brags about how he make his own life miserable for fun.

But my point is, if the goal is to be at your best....there's just no possible way this is it for 99.9% of people. I get the idea of working out first thing. Don't stay up. Don't drink. But these guys play basketball...at night. Their sleep should reflect when they have to preform. If it doesn't...maybe they are doing this stuff. But I can't see this has a "plus" or "sacrifice for the greater good". It just kinda sounds stupid. Again if you do this with a normal 9-5...ok you go to bed at 8 pm, aight cool you got your 7 hours.

Now if this is just summers, ignore me. That's fine. But not during the 9 month season. Now if someone can explain why I'm wrong, I'm all ears. Optimizing for a late night sport isn't something I can claim to be an expert on. But I can't imagine naps fix this.

[Ruma85]

How in the HECK do you get up a 3 AM and also peak athletically for a game at 8 pm? These wild getting up in the legit middle of the night stories I hear, I'm not questioning them all, but they don't make any bit of sense. He might very well not get home after a game until midnight and you're telling me he sleeps 3 hours and works out?

A lot people do this even if they are not professional athletes, people take power naps during the day, to help alleviate sleepness, it might not be healthy long term. The sense is a lot of the guys who do this, are there ones who stay off social media as much as humanly possible.

Shoot the people loudest about doing this stuff are often influences. Who's the seal dude? David Gogins or something? Dude basically just brags about how he make his own life miserable for fun.

But my point is, if the goal is to be at your best....there's just no possible way this is it for 99.9% of people. I get the idea of working out first thing. Don't stay up. Don't drink. But these guys play basketball...at night. Their sleep should reflect when they have to preform. If it doesn't...maybe they are doing this stuff. But I can't see this has a "plus" or "sacrifice for the greater good". It just kinda sounds stupid. Again if you do this with a normal 9-5...ok you go to bed at 8 pm, aight cool you got your 7 hours.

Now if this is just summers, ignore me. That's fine. But not during the 9 month season. Now if someone can explain why I'm wrong, I'm all ears. Optimizing for a late night sport isn't something I can claim to be an expert on. But I can't imagine naps fix this.

For these professional athletes especially the top guys at the respective sport, or a lot of them take what they can get with sleep, since travelling most of the year is hard on the body to maintain a normal rhythmic sleeping pattern. Have you read David Goggins book?

Normal everyday people who thrive to grow the most they can during a yearly period scarfice sleep at times as well, it differentials with sleep, some need 4,5,6,7,8 or even more hours of sleep, to function on optimal level.

[dhsilv2]

A lot people do this even if they are not professional athletes, people take power naps during the day, to help alleviate sleepness, it might not be healthy long term. The sense is a lot of the guys who do this, are there ones who stay off social media as much as humanly possible.

Shoot the people loudest about doing this stuff are often influences. Who's the seal dude? David Gogins or something? Dude basically just brags about how he make his own life miserable for fun.

But my point is, if the goal is to be at your best....there's just no possible way this is it for 99.9% of people. I get the idea of working out first thing. Don't stay up. Don't drink. But these guys play basketball...at night. Their sleep should reflect when they have to preform. If it doesn't...maybe they are doing this stuff. But I can't see this has a "plus" or "sacrifice for the greater good". It just kinda sounds stupid. Again if you do this with a normal 9-5...ok you go to bed at 8 pm, aight cool you got your 7 hours.

Now if this is just summers, ignore me. That's fine. But not during the 9 month season. Now if someone can explain why I'm wrong, I'm all ears. Optimizing for a late night sport isn't something I can claim to be an expert on. But I can't imagine naps fix this.

For these professional athletes especially the top guys at the respective sport, or a lot of them take what they can get with sleep, since travelling most of the year is hard on the body to maintain a normal rhythmic sleeping pattern. Have you read David Goggins book?

Normal everyday people who thrive to grow the most they can during a yearly period scarfice sleep at times as well, it differentials with sleep, some need 4,5,6,7,8 or even more hours of sleep, to function on optimal level.

I'd rather drag my balls through hot coals than listen to Goggins, man's stuff is worthless imo. But if he motivates you, by all means. who cares where it comes from after all. But I personally see him as a snake oil salesman.

But someone with inconsistent sleep, setting themselves up for failure with a dogmatic 3 am wake up just compounds what I've been saying. So yeah I get that an NBA player likely naps with all that travel, but that also means they're wakeup times might need to adjust. 3 am is just stupid when you can be physically at work until 10-11 pm.

[ITYSL]

Showing up at the gym 3 am not necessary a good thing.. krazy? Sure.. but it doesn’t seem like he’s able to keep a healthy working out routine consistently if you ask me

That was kind of my thought at first. Like if you're working out at 3am but then you're too tired to practice with your team, then your priorities are off. Then again, he was the leader of a team that made it to 2 NBA Finals, so I don't feel like I can really judge. The results are there.

[Sidthekid87]

Playoff Rondo was so real man. I genuinely think the Pels had a chance to do some major damage had injuries not hit them. I'll never forget that series against the blazers with jrue and rondo completely owning cj and Dame.