Good workouts always come from a good night’s sleep, and you can never underestimate their importance.
If you struggle with sleep, then you are going to have to address that before you start getting the very best out of yourself.
Some people are early birds when it comes to sleep, others can’t go to be before 11 or even midnight. As long as either get a good night’s sleep, then it doesn’t really matter when they go to bed, although going to bed earlier gives you more options when it comes to getting up earlier.
Missing sleep can always increases hormones in your body to increase body fat. Your body very much goes into defensive mode when it comes to lack of rest because it has to protect it’s immune system and not get broken down too much.
If you think of all these SAS survivial programmes, the one thing they say that breaks you down more than anything is lack of sleep, and the people who torture you will often use the method of keeping you awake to make you give in, and to even make you delirious!
Sleeping in the day for even small 10-15 minute periods can be of enormous help when it comes to making up somewhat for lost hours at night for whatever reason!
“Power naps” as most people know them can bring you added power during your evening workouts too. Athletes at all levels, and all sports use this tactic of bringing added freshness into their days and performances, and schedule them in as part of their day.
When you feel rested and fresh, you are usually capable of a lot more and you are sending messages to your body that you expect big performances out of it.
Don’t forget ever that you only improve when you rest and sleep, and not when you train. You break down your muscles and body during training, but when you recover, you heal, your immune system builds again and its only then that your body hits new heights of development.
The perfect formula of training smart, eating well and good rest can never change if you want optimum levels of health and performance.
