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No, sleep while traveling isn't impossible.
No, sleep while traveling isn't impossible. (Photo: Rapha毛l LR/Unsplash)

7 Tools to Help You Sleep Better When Traveling

Five athletes share their favorite products to help catch some z's away from home

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No, sleep while traveling isn't impossible.
(Photo: Rapha毛l LR/Unsplash)

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You already know that a is crucial for athletic performance and overall health. But for people who travel a lot, getting quality shut-eye can be difficult, thanks to time zone changes, loud airplanes, and unfamiliar hotels. This can lead to slow and increased when exercising.

Here, five athletes share their favorite products to prevent these issues and maximize sleep when they鈥檙e on the move.

Sheex Original Performance Down Pillow ($79) and Flents Quiet Time Earplugs ($6 for 10 Pairs)

(Courtesy Sheex and Flents)

Camille Herron, Long-Distance Runner

Cool temperatures are key for sleep, so Sheex uses a breathable fabric to help move heat away from the body. It鈥檚 a favorite of , world record holder for the fastest known 100-mile trail run. She brings it on the road when competing. Noisy hotels can thwart sleep before race day, so Herron also packs these soft foam that can block noise up to 33 decibels.


Snac ZMA Original Recovery and Sleep Enhancement Formula ($14 for 90 Capsules)

(Courtesy Snac)

Lexi DuPont, Skier

鈥淚f I don鈥檛 get a full eight hours every night, I鈥檓 in a bad mood and my athletic performance suffers,鈥 says Lexi DuPont, a big-mountain skier and third-place finisher at the 2016 Red Bull Cold Rush. When traveling, she pops two capsules of containing zinc and magnesium. 鈥淚 take these little babies everywhere with me,鈥 DuPont says. 鈥淭hey help you sleep and support muscle strength and recovery after big days in the mountains.鈥 Research that zinc can improve the quality of sleep, while have found a link between low magnesium levels and sleep disorders.


Bose QuietComfort 20 Acoustic Noise-Canceling Headphones ($249) and Unimi Sleep Mask ($10)

(Courtesy Bose and Unimi)

Natalie Duran, American Ninja Warrior Competitor, Climber

These help climber Natalie Duran doze on flights between American Ninja Warrior competitions. 鈥淭he quality of the noise-canceling technology is so good that I often sleep with the earbuds not plugged into my phone at all,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t does wonders for the loud cabin noise of the airplane engine and the air conditioning.鈥 Duran also packs for her travels. 鈥淔or years, I wore a flat mask and would wake up with distorted vision because the mask put pressure onto my cornea,鈥 she says. 鈥淎lso, if I wear makeup, this 3D eye mask won鈥檛 smudge my mascara over my face.鈥


SkyGenius Clip-On Portable Fan ($22)

(Courtesy SkyGenius)

Kaya Lindsay, Climber

Kaya Lindsay lives in a converted 2006 Dodge Sprinter van and shares vanlife tips on her blog, . The van doesn鈥檛 have air conditioning, which makes it hard to sleep during the summer, so Lindsay uses this . 鈥淸It] charges quickly, can run all night, and keeps me cool,鈥 she says. 鈥淧lus, it鈥檚 really quiet, and that鈥檚 always helpful for sleep.鈥


Sleep with Me Podcast (Free)

(Courtesy Sleep With Me Podcast)

Caroline Gleich, Ski Mountaineer

This is a favorite of Caroline Gleich, the first woman to ski all of 鈥檚 steep backcountry lines. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a guy with a very monotone voice who reads very boring things, but he keeps you company and sends his voice through the deep dark night,鈥 Gleich says. With more than 700 free, hour-long episodes, Sleep with Me offers plenty of bedtime stories to sooth a restless mind.

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