Importance of sleep.

In the world of Strength and Conditioning, every one gives importance to all the details like Training Programmes ,latest training methods, sets, reps, best equipment, facility  and so on- All this stuff is very important but if you don’t have the basics and underlined principles in which sleep is the #1 priority your training programme needs some serious amendments.

                Sleep, without a doubt is something which everyone struggles with from Elite Athletes, Top executives, normal person who wish to improve body strength and lose body fat/weight, college students, high school kids and even housewives everyone struggle to sleep.
               

4 Reasons why sleep is very important:

Ø  Physical Recovery:                         

You have to give your body a chance to recover after you workout. Even if your training and nutrition programme are perfectly designed – Sleep transforms all of it. If you are not sleeping right you are not giving your body a chance to recover.

Ø  Cognitive Recovery:                      

Just like your body your brain needs to recover as well. If you are not sleeping properly it can have a huge impact on your mood, drive to train, concentration while playing and other factors…all have impact on sleep.

Ø  Immune System Recover:           

By not sleeping properly you are putting a huge load of stress on your body which results in slowing down of your body after a period of time. That extra 2hrs of sleep which you are neglecting/not getting at night will have huge impact on your health over a period of time.

Ø  Hormone Regulation:                   

This is a huge one: Everyone talks about hormone imbalance but nobody would like to know about the main reason behind hormone imbalance and here lack of enough sleep is probably on main reason why people have hormone imbalance. To manage all your hormones to function properly….the best way is to get enough “High quality sleep”.

                So no matter what your goal is…Improving your athletic performance, loosing body weight/fat, improving your strength or to maintain a healthy lifestyle “SLEEP” need to be top priority.

Amount of sleep required depending upon the age.

·         Babies:                                 16 hours

·         3-12year old:                       10 hours

·         13-18year old:                      9 hours

·         19-55year old:                      8 hours

·         Over 60:                               6 hours