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What Are the Benefits of Sleep With Muscle Growth?
Dark_Latin_Guy
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After an intense strength-training workout, you may feel tired and in need of a nap. This may signal your body's natural reaction to stress and recovery for muscle growth. The amount of sleep you need varies with age and even among individuals. Generally, adults need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep for passive body processes, including muscle growth and digestion.
Muscle Recovery
One of the primary benefits of sleep in terms of muscle growth is recovery time. When you exercise, tiny tears develop in your muscle fibers. Your body needs time to repair this damage and build muscle mass. Sleep gives your body an opportunity to concentrate on recovery and repair of muscle tissue. You will build muscle quicker if your body is allowed adequate time to do so.
Stress Management
When you exercise, your body is in a state of stress. Resources are directed toward performing the activity. In stressful situations, you will breathe faster. You may feel less hungry. Though the cycle of stress and rest is part of the human genetic make-up, stress over the long term can cause a variety of ill effects including weight loss. Sleep places your body in a passive state, thereby reducing stress. The body can then perform passive activities such as digestion and muscle growth.
Weight Control
Managing weight is a balance between energy expenditure and calorie intake. While exercising, metabolism will slow in your body. Your body will metabolize the foods you eat when you are at rest. Health sciences professor Tim Olds of the University of South Australia and colleagues found in a 2010 study that a lack of sleep can contribute to obesity in adolescents. Being overweight or obese will impair your body's ability to exercise and thus build muscle due to the added strain. By getting enough sleep, you help ensure that your body will carry out normal metabolism, providing the building blocks for building muscle.
Better Performance
Sleep helps the entire body recover from the rigors of everyday life. Getting enough sleep helps prevent fatigue, which can impair exercise and thus muscle growth. The degree to which this affects some people may have a genetic component, explains psychiatry professor Namni Goel of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues in a 2010 study. Some individuals are more sensitive to the effects of sleep deprivation than others which can in turn impact their day-to-day life.
Muscle Recovery
One of the primary benefits of sleep in terms of muscle growth is recovery time. When you exercise, tiny tears develop in your muscle fibers. Your body needs time to repair this damage and build muscle mass. Sleep gives your body an opportunity to concentrate on recovery and repair of muscle tissue. You will build muscle quicker if your body is allowed adequate time to do so.
Stress Management
When you exercise, your body is in a state of stress. Resources are directed toward performing the activity. In stressful situations, you will breathe faster. You may feel less hungry. Though the cycle of stress and rest is part of the human genetic make-up, stress over the long term can cause a variety of ill effects including weight loss. Sleep places your body in a passive state, thereby reducing stress. The body can then perform passive activities such as digestion and muscle growth.
Weight Control
Managing weight is a balance between energy expenditure and calorie intake. While exercising, metabolism will slow in your body. Your body will metabolize the foods you eat when you are at rest. Health sciences professor Tim Olds of the University of South Australia and colleagues found in a 2010 study that a lack of sleep can contribute to obesity in adolescents. Being overweight or obese will impair your body's ability to exercise and thus build muscle due to the added strain. By getting enough sleep, you help ensure that your body will carry out normal metabolism, providing the building blocks for building muscle.
Better Performance
Sleep helps the entire body recover from the rigors of everyday life. Getting enough sleep helps prevent fatigue, which can impair exercise and thus muscle growth. The degree to which this affects some people may have a genetic component, explains psychiatry professor Namni Goel of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues in a 2010 study. Some individuals are more sensitive to the effects of sleep deprivation than others which can in turn impact their day-to-day life.
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thank you so much for all your weight lifting information. i am a novice at this and appreciate all your information and advice! i am focusing for now, on my triceps, biceps, and shoulders for now.0
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Thanks for that information. That explains why I feel so weak in the mornings when I've had a bad sleep.0
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Great article! That's my major flaw, sleep.
I rarely get enough sleep. Between my kids, work and life in general i'm lucky to even get to bed before 12. On top of that, I always struggle to sleep, I generally spend an hour or more wide awake in bed before finally falling asleep. I'm then up at 5:00 to get the kids ready, etc. I've tried going to bed earlier, but my restlessness at falling asleep is even worse, and i'll sit wide awake for 2 or more hours.0 -
Nile, ur input increases my output, thanks0
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