Juggle & Bed Time

Can you juggle? Dangerous Dave talks about a study that experts say it is good for your brain health. Plus, what time do you go to sleep? Average Americans are sleeping at 11:18 PM.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the den with dangerous Day. Well,
if you hate running and you don't like the gym,
here's something you want to try. Learn to juggle. New
York posted a story on how more and more studies
have found juggling can boost brain health as it can
count as exercise. It helps with everything from hand eye
coordination to balance. One neuroscience explained it as it changes

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how we quickly react to objects, and how well you
coordinate between two hands, and how you keep your posture
under control. Just juggling two balls can have a positive
effect if you don't have to be crazy good at it.
A study in twenty twenty two found that of all
twenty seniors in a group that were eventually able to
juggle all three balls, it just takes practice. On top
of the brain boost, it can also help you keep fit.

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The New York Times did a story a while back
saying that juggling can burn up to two hundred and
eighty calories per hour. That's roughly what you'd get from
an hour long walk. Well, I'm doing tons of juggling,
it's just not with balls deeper. So are you an
early birder, a night owl or are you both. Everybody
wishes they could get more sleep, but it's easier said

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than done. It's hard to say what the normal person
is doing, but let's try. A new study found the
average American begins their nighttime routine about ten to fifteen PM.
Now I assume that's changing into your pajamas and brush
your new teeth, not pouring yourself a nightcap. Anyway, On
the average, twenty one minutes to get ready for bed
happens about ten thirty six takes about forty minutes before

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people will fall asleep. That means the average person falling
asleep around eleven eighteen PM. Of course, timing varies based
on whether people need to get up the next morning
and how much they need to do before they start work.
The average person reports having three mornings per week where
they wish they got to bed earlier. Top excuses we
don't get to bed early, needing to get chores done,

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the night owls like being up late, or they don't
want to fast forward to the next work day. They
also want to connect with their partner, you know what
I mean. Nudge nudge, wink wink. And since it's August now,
parents of school age kids generally get less sleep when
the kid goes back to school. Fifty three percent of
them say they have to get up earlier to get
their kids ready, and twenty five percent say they stay

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up later to prepare lunches and help kids with homework. Regardless,
eleven eighteen is the average time we're going to sleep.
Eleven eighteen For me, that's the middle of the night.
Tune in again for another episode of Deeper in the
Den with Dangerous Dave light Year.