2 min read YOU MAY HAVE your daily protein intake down to a science and your one rep max tattooed on your brain. But are you paying as much attention to your sleep habits as the rest of your fitness plan? Getting a good night’s sleep is important for everyone, but if you’ve got athletic performance goals, it can be an essential tool for optimizing performance. “Sleep is when the body shifts into repair and recovery mode,” says Nneoma Oparaji, M.D. , an internal and lifestyle medicine physician based in Houston. It’s during this window that processes such as tissue repair, growth hormone release, nervous system recovery, and glycogen restoration occur, she explains.…