Most athletes need at least 7 to 8 hours sleep each night to rejuvenate after a rigorous day spent entirely on training workouts. Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep without disruptions like snoring or sleep apnea symptoms makes the body energetic. For the top-flight athletes, only best performance translates to accolades in their respective sport. Henceforth, each athlete should monitor their sleep pattern and quality of sleep, and understand how it affects their performance.

There is a perception that loud snoring only affects those who are overweight and that it is the fat build up in the neck that causes snoring. However, snoring is not a condition that discriminates. It can affect anyone.

In case of professional athletes, the heavy workouts make the body tiresome. That may make the muscles in the throat and neck to relax during sleep. When that happens, the soft tissues in the back of the mouth recede and close down the upper airway partially. The narrowness of the airway in the upper throat makes the tissues to vibrate against the roof of the mouth while breathing.

Moreover, the snoring sound may be soft or loud depending upon the shape of the nasal cavity and the size of the tongue. Notwithstanding nasal congestion, cold, or seasonal allergies that make nighttime breathing tough, even your sleep position may induce snoring. For instance, if you sleep on the back it may make the tongue to recede back and create the constricted airway during sleep.

While it is true that overweight individuals are prone to snore due to the fat build up in the neck, even fit people may suffer from it. Highest earning athletes sleep 10 to 12 hours a day and avoid sleeping in late to get adequate rest. However, just the fact that they stay fit and grow thin with ample exercise does not necessarily mean that snoring may not happen to athletes.

To keep up with the pace of the work and lifestyle, athletes can opt for a snoring guard similar to the sports guards they wear over the teeth to protect from blows to the face. The scientifically proven snoring remedy clears the airway obstructions by advancing the lower jaw, which avoids the tongue relaxing and blockages of the airway. In addition to the mandibular advancement device worn on the jaws, even changing the sleep position would help to alleviate snoring.