Sunshine Coast Workers Boost Focus With Strategic 30-Minute Naps
Short daytime rests can sharpen focus for Sunshine Coast workers and walkers but only when kept under 30 minutes and finished before 3pm.
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Sunshine Coast in 5 minutes. Sunshine Coast workers are finding that short daytime rests can sharpen focus when kept under 30 minutes and finished before 3pm. Residents on the Sunshine Coast can reach free support programs through established local centres without appointments in many cases. From Mooloolaba's shores to USC's health labs the science behind cold water immersion is getting harder to dismiss. Locals are embracing the wild swimming boom from the rock pools at Noosa Heads to the pre dawn laps at Mooloolaba Beach and ditching the gym for open water immersion. From Mooloolaba to Noosa a growing body of evidence is catching up with what locals have long known about the benefits of ocean swimming.
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