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Sleep
Deprivation Nightmares
by RJ ElsingYou've probably read that lack of sleep can negatively affect workout
intensity. Still not convinced sleep is important? Fine. Have your mediocre
workout. But insufficient sleep can also slow muscle recovery, increase
insulin resistance, and elevate levels of the muscle-gobbling hormone
cortisol!Sleep
deprivation can also lower your serum levels of Testosterone and reduce
your natural levels of growth hormone. Does the phrase "catabolic
tag team" mean anything to you?While
those so-called HGH boosting supplements are pretty worthless, your
natural growth hormone levels are important. In very broad terms, GH
regenerates your body and certainly isn't something weight-training
athletes want to be short on. Don't confuse bogus
supplements with the real thing.In
children, low GH levels caused by chronic sleep deprivation results
in stunted growth! Granted, healthy children have much higher levels
than adults, but regular low-dose, high frequency injections of GH
in deficient adults result in lean body mass gain and fat loss, even
without the added kicker of exercise. So if you're shorting yourself
on sleep, you're shorting yourself
on growth hormone, which translates into more fat and less muscle over
time.In
short, if you can't gain muscle or lose fat, and everything
else seems to be in order, you need to take a look at your sleep patterns.
Remember, diet, exercise, and recovery are equally important. Stop treating
recovery like it doesn't matter!
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