Sleep is one of the most overlooked parts of fitness. Culturally, we frown on sleep. Sleep is for lazy people, or children, or boring people who don’t have anything better to do. Sure it is, but the rest of us should be getting more sleep, too.
Sleep gives our bodies a chance to repair the wear and tear of our days. It helps our brains reset. It solidifies learning.
If that’s not enough motivation for those of us who want to maximize our workout time, let me offer this: people with adequate sleep make more progress than people without it. We work out better and harder and stronger on a good night of sleep and we are a lot less likely to get injured when we are not sleep-deprived.
Work then rest.
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