FITNESS FRIDAY 9/27/19 - (RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "SLEEP & FITNESS)

HEY EVERYONE!

WELCOME TO FITNESS FRIDAY!... Today we are going to focus on the relationship between "SLEEP & FITNESS" ~

**Whatever your "Goals" are for yourself, "SLEEP" and getting enough of it, plays a huge role in meeting those goals!...If you dont sleep, you undermine your body~ ....

**Sleep for some, can be challenging due to various reasons or factors. (For instance, I'm a huge "NIGHT-OWL"!), and find it easier to stay up late then get up early. Which is why I worked as a Nightshift Nurse for over a decade~

**When it comes to working out, you know that what you do in the gym is important. But what you do outside the gym — what you eat, what you drink, and especially how you sleep, is just as crucial. In fact, you must sleep in order for exercise to actually work. ALL exercise that you perform requires Sleep!

**More than 30 percent of us are sleep-deprived, which means we're not getting the recommended seven to eight hours a night required for adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that means approximately 108 million people in the U.S. are sabotaging their own Fitness goals, too.

SLEEP:

Sleep gives your body time to recover, conserve energy, and repair and build up the muscles worked during exercise...During childhood and adolescence, growth hormone makes us grow ....And when we are older, it helps us build lean muscle and helps our body repair when we have torn ourselves up during a hard workout....Growth hormone is essential for athletic recovery.

REGULAR EXERCISE & SLEEP:

Exercise actually has a chemical effect on the brain. Physical activity creates more adenosine in the brain, and adenosine makes us feel sleepy,,,The harder we work out, the more driven we are by this chemical to sleep!

Does Getting Better Sleep Help My Workout?:

The short answer is yes. The better rested you are, the better your mind and body function — and that includes at the gym. Adequate sleep has been proved to help Motivate people to stick to their exercise and work out the next day, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The more sleep time individuals in this study got, the more likely they were to complete their exercise regimen.

Getting enough sleep can not only give you more drive and strength to maximize your workout, but its effects on concentration, mood, and focus can make you more efficient and better prepared for that workout~

Extra sleep wont necessarily make you faster, stronger, or improve your times or performance. Rather, sleep loss has been linked to physiological responses — like autonomic nervous system imbalances, which are similar to overtraining symptoms like sore muscles and a higher risk of injuries — that can inhibit your performance!

Is It Better to Fit in That Early Morning Workout or Log an Extra Hour of Sleep?

Getting enough sleep and getting regular exercise are both important, so how do you decide which one takes priority? You really shouldnt put yourself in that position, because you absolutely need BOTH!...

But if its not possible to find that perfect balance all the time, sleep is always the priority, unless your sleep is almost always sound in quality and quantity~

BOTTOM LINE:

The bottom line is, if youre not getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night, you need to rethink your schedule so you can make sure you do — and then you have to figure out how to fit in your regular workouts without sacrificing that sleep. You cant have one without the other; both are absolutely essential to you being able to operate at 100 percent — not just in the gym, but in your everyday life, too.

HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU AVERAGE IN SLEEP EACH NIGHT? ...DO YOU KEEP TRACK?

DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE GETTING ADEQUATE, QUALITY REST?.... WHAT THINGS HELP OR HINDER YOU?

DO YOU FEEL LACK OF SLEEP IS HINDERING YOU FROM "YOUR" GOALS?!