Renegade Radio With Jay Ferruggia: Fitness | Nutrition | Lifestyle | Strength Training | Self Help | Motivation

Sleep is the key to optimal health and performance. If you improve your sleep everything in your life gets better. You lose fat faster, your brain works more efficiently, and your sex drive goes up.  Shawn Stevenson, the author of "Sleep Smarter,” and host of The Model Health Show, is my guest on this episode of the #RenegadeRadioPodcast. We discuss how Shawn found fitness after being diagnosed with a devastating illness at the age of 20. He shares the three primary elements of his remarkable recovery and his approach to health and longevity. Shawn also explains why sleep is the most important factor for optimizing health and performance. He provides invaluable tips for improving your sleep, your nutrition, your business and so much more. Topics Include: How Shawn got his start in fitness and the diagnosis that changed everything.  3:15 Why Shawn says most people “try” to get well but should actually make the decision to get well.  9:43 A simple thing everyone can do to upgrade their diet.  15:36 Are deadlif