Performance and fitness through sleep - From the sleep guru of elite athletes. Sleep coach Nick Littlehales advises international top athletes on how to maintain and enhance their performance through a proven sleep strategy. Now, the sleep guru shares his methods with all of us. Based on sleep research, he has developed a program that helps each of us, in manageable steps, to unwind, sleep better, and recover optimally. We learn to recognize our sleep cycles and create the best conditions for a restful night. He dispels the myth that one must sleep eight hours every night and shows the way out of exhausting difficulties with falling and staying asleep.