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Sleep to be fit

Those who train with weights, especially professional bodybuilders know that to keep fit and promote the development of muscle cells need sleep. The rest with proper nutrition, hydration and training are the pillars of muscle development, which is valid for all people train with weights or not.
Research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates that sleep deprivation alters hormones and might lead to obesity. Affirms that partial sleep deprivation alters levels of hormones that regulate hunger and appetite.
Leptin tells the brain that the body does not need more food. Ghrelin is the hormone that causes us to hunger. However, research conducted with a group of 12 healthy male volunteers between 20 and 25 who slept only four hours a night for two days was inconclusive. Experienced a decline of 18% in leptin and a 28% increase inthe levels of ghrelin. In conclusion: Too little sleep, increase appetite and fat.
How much should sleep each night?
It depends on the age and energy spent during the day. But sleep experts recommend about eight hours. For younger people, between ten and eleven hours.
If you train with weights intensely, it is proper sleep 8 to 10 hours continuous overnight to allow the body to regenerate damaged tissues and promoting cell anabolism.
Dream Magic
We must simplify the problem and pretend to sleep but we will lose weight, like everything in life, the important thing is balance. It is necessary to get enough sleep but within a healthy pattern of life where food and physical activity are occurring naturally.
Sleep is essential for the proper functioning of our body, anyone who has suffered insomnia or has been known to be studying or working the next day begins jornadacon listlessness, drowsiness and a little cranky.
So plan your daily activities considering the hours spent at rest, nothing happens if we do then eventually we will have a chance to recover. When you go to bed, his deeply esdormir to stay healthy.
