Feeling run down and fatigued all the time could be a sign that you’re not getting enough sleep. Sleeping is a vital part of staying fit and healthy, both mentally and physically. When we don’t get quality rest, it can leave us stressed out, unproductive, and more likely to make unhealthy decisions throughout our day. It can also disrupt our fitness levels.
To avoid these adverse outcomes, it’s crucial to understand how more restful habits can help improve your physical fitness level and overall well-being.
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This blog post will discuss why adequate sleep is essential for health in adults and offer some tips on how to create better sleeping patterns for an improved lifestyle.
All the best athletes know how important sleep is for staying fit. For stars like Serena Williams and LeBron James, sleep is part of their fitness lifestyle. And for a good reason.
Sleep plays a role in metabolism, ensures memory, reaction time, and decision-making, and it grows and repairs tissues. These processes impact athletic performance, so athletes must get a good night’s sleep.
It is important to understand that sleep is vital, not just for elite athletes but for anyone who is looking for peak fitness. Even amateur gym-goers can maximize the benefits of exercise for their fitness and health.
Some ways that sleep can benefit fitness are:
Aerobic Fitness – Exercise is essential for improving aerobic fitness. It can improve both aerobic efficiency and capacity, allowing the body to run faster with heavier loads, and require less oxygen to run or cycle at the same pace.
Research has also shown that poor sleep can reduce the function of mitochondria which is responsible for energy production.
Muscle Growth – Muscle growth occurs when new proteins are added to the muscle structure. This process, known as muscle protein synthesis, is stimulated by exercise and food. However, research shows that even just a few nights of insufficient sleep can reduce this synthesis, making it harder for the body to build muscle.
Anabolic Hormones – Two hormones released during sleep, testosterone and growth hormones, may be important for recovery and adaptation to exercise. Both of these hormones have been linked to improved body composition, which can benefit exercise and health.
Insulin – Numerous studies have shown that sleep can reduce insulin’s effectiveness, which can impact the body’s ability to replace glycogen stores. However, exercise uses glucose as a fuel source. Since it can take up to 24 hours to fully replenish stores, the hormone insulin is needed for muscles to absorb glucose to make glycogen.
Getting a restful night’s sleep may be achieved through simple lifestyle changes. These changes include following a consistent sleep schedule, limiting caffeine after 2 PM, blocking all light from the bedroom, and limiting screen time at least two hours before bedtime.
If you are having sleep issues and lifestyle changes don’t seem to work, It may be time to speak to your doctor to rule out any sleep disorders such as insomnia or sleep apnea.
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Sarah began her interest in nutritional healing at an early age. After going through health problems and becoming frustrated with the conventional ways doctors wanted to treat her illness (which were not working), she took it upon herself to find alternative treatments. This led her to revolutionize her own diet to help her get healthier and tackle her health problems. She began treating her illness by living a more balanced lifestyle through healthy food choices, exercise and other alternative medicine such as meditation. This total positive lifestyle change led her to earn a diploma in Nutritional Therapy from Health Sciences Academy in London, England. Today, Sarah enjoys helping others by teaching healthy lifestyle changes through her personal consultations and with her regular contributions to the Doctors Health Press. Also, passionate about following her dreams in life, Sarah moved to France and lived in Paris for over 5 years where she earned a certification in beadwork and embroidery from Lesage (an atelier owned by Chanel). She then went on to be a familiar face sitting front row and reporting from Paris Fashion Week. Sarah continues to practice some of the cultural ways of life she learned while in Europe. They enjoy their food, and take the time to relax and enjoy many of life’s little moments. These are life lessons she is glad to have brought back home with her.
