Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles.
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How can I make myself get enough sleep?
I hope this question is on-topic for this site. It seems to me that sleep is a pretty big ingredient in fitness.
I pretty much never get enough sleep. It's not for lack of trying though. I just can't ...
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Is going to bed hungry going to help me trim fat?
I try and have my last meal about 3-4 hours before sleeping. This means that I'm going to be just on the edge of being hungry at the time I go to sleep. I usually have a bit of water, and hit the ...
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Is it bad to workout when you aren't sleeping a lot?
I am a dad and we just had a newborn so I am not getting much sleep these days. I want to avoid getting out of shape and gaining weight as it easy to be lazy and slack off on health (eating, ...
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For better muscle growth, how many hours' sleep are recommended after doing a workout?
I heard to help muscle growth one has to sleep a lot after doing a workout. How long is the recommended one? Does this mean the best time to workout is at night so you can go to sleep immediately ...
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When I wake up after a two hour nap I feel like I was hit by a truck.
The day of or the day after a gym session I'll often grab a nap on the couch after work around 8pm. I'll fall asleep for a couple of hours and wake up on my own. When I do wake up I feel like I'd ...
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Can I workout six days a week with only 6 hours of sleep a night?
For the past two weeks, I've been getting up at 5:30AM every day to workout. I do a DVD-based workout at fairly high intensity. Because of my life demands, I've only been able to fit in about six ...
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I can't stop sleeping? [closed]
I've always had a bit of trouble waking up in the morning - I tend to be a "zombie" for a few minutes, wanting to do nothing but go back to sleep, until my brain kicks in. Even an alarm clock won't ...
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How does sleep affect your workouts?
Are there any documented studies that show how sleep effects your workouts or athletic performance?
It would seem that more sleep would help and less sleep would hinder performance, but that's just ...
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How to get rid of oversleeping?
I've got a quite intense body transformation coming up, and it is quite time consuming. Therefore I have finally decided I need to get rid of my worst habit - oversleeping.
It seems, that every time ...
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Nap after exercising
I'm a grad student I find it hard to concentrate on my work after exercising (cardio+weights) and I can only do after taking a nap.
I would like to know if its healthy to have a nap after the work ...
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Is it important “when” to sleep or only “how much” is important?
I usually sleep in the morning till noon, is it really important to sleep at nights rather than morning or other times in a day?
Are there any documented studies about when to sleep?
According to ...
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What is the best routine during times of sleep deprivation?
There have been several questions about sleep deprivation asked here. The general response seems to be "don't do it". This seems to be what google says too.
However, I have a baby coming to my house ...
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Sleeping less than 4 hours a day?
Six to eight hours per day is the average amount of sleep a person needs. That's about one-third of a lifetime! As a population, we sleep about 1 to 1.5 hours less than we did 100 years ago. ...
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How can i figure out how much sleep I need?
There are tons of articles, like this one, around the importance off sleep on health, fitness,etc. The one question i have is how do i know how much sleep i need. Most of these articles say between ...
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what time should i stop eating at night [closed]
A friend of mine told me that the worst thing to do when trying to lose weight is to eat right before bed as it sits in your stomach and it will make you gain weight.
Is this accurate? If so, what ...
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I feel sleepy while doing weight training
Sometimes, I feel sleepy when I am doing my weight training. Is this natural? It doesn't happen all the time, only sometimes, I feel so tired that I feel like sleeping immediately afterwards.
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Separating cardio and weight training
Is it best to split your cardio and weight training when doing them on the same day? Should I wake up an hour earlier to run, then do the gym in the afternoon? I'd try and go to bed an hour earlier to ...
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What's the healthiest order to do things when you wake up?
I understand it's healthy to exercise in the morning but should it be done after or before having breakfast or a snack? Also, it seems pointless to shower before exercising so I guess that should be ...
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Sleeplessness after exercise
Sometimes after intense exercise, I will become very sleepy and require a nap. Sometimes, exercise doesn't affect my sleep at all. And sometimes, I won't be able to sleep at night.
I have a very ...
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What can I do to have more energy/less sleepy before working out?
I wake up at 7am, go to college, after go to work, and at the end of the day - when I am as sleepy as 30 bears - I go to the gym.
After returning from gym, I dinner, etc and sleep
What can I do to ...
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Eating before sleeping vs not eating after exercising
I'm currently only able to exercise right before heading to sleep. I'm a bit short on my protein intake, and I've been thinking about mixing in some protein supplements in the smoothies I'm making ...
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What can cause severe muscle fatigue and even pain at wake-up? [closed]
When I wake-up (i.e. hear the alarm clock and open my eyes) I experience severe muscle fatigue, that I am hardly able to force myself to move my arms and legs to get-up. I feel like my muscles were ...
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What is the best way of resting for the noon in office? [closed]
I work in an office that has no room for a bed to take a nap. But I feel real sleepy after lunch and feel tired in the afternoon, is there any good way of resting for the noon in an typical office ...
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Sleeping while not lying down
Is sleeping while not lying down (for example in a train or in a car) not as good as sleeping lying down in bed? How do you compare 1 hour sleep in a car vs an additional 1 hour night sleep in bed?
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Proper sleeping time after tough workouts?
Everywhere it is written to "sleep well" to lose weight and build muscle.
I wonder what is the "correct" number of sleep hours? For Cardio workouts? Weight lifting?
If I'm doing a more intense ...
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How to be energetic after a 20-30 min siesta (afternoon nap)
I sleep at 9pm and wake up at 4am, take a cup of warm water and I will do some simple exercises very slowly, then some house work. At 5am, I run for 30min with the speed 9km/hr (so it is a 4.5km run). ...
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Are night sweats common after long workouts?
I've had a couple running events recently that have been pushing my endurance (a competitive half marathon, and running 20+ trail miles for a fun-run). The night following these events I've woken ...
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Foods that increase Melatonin (induce sleep) [closed]
I am trying to regulate my sleep but I don't like to drink pills or supplements. I was wondering if there are certain foods that help induce sleep?
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Why does my girlfriend get sleepy during exercise? [closed]
My girlfriend gets very sleepy while exercising and yawns all the time. We have searched online but couldn't find any answers except a few brief mentions of several possibilities, like heart or blood ...
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Increased weight from lack of sleep?
Over the last 2 weeks I went from 215 to 220 and the only significant change was a change in sleep habits, from a solid 8 to about 6 hours. Could sleep have that much of an impact?
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sleep and exercise
I sleep for about 8 hours the other day and just last night I have just about 2 hours of sleep. Can I do light exercise workout later?Or if I sleep about 2 hours later and exercise is that ok?
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When should I not exercise?
In relation to eating, when should I not exercise? Or rather, are there times that are better or worse than others to exercise during the day?
For example, is it better or worse to exercise in the ...
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What is the optimal sleep schedule for bodybuilding?
To find the perfect sleep schedule for bodybuilding, I think we should look at the top professional bodybuilders. 4 time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler said in a Q&A session that he gets 8-9 hours of ...
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Why do my arms go to sleep at night after strenuous workout?
I have this problem always especially after forearm training. Depending on how intense the training was my arms go to sleep 1-5 times per night. After a few days without training it doesn't happen ...
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Why does consuming 30 g of protein within 30 minutes after waking helps to lose weight?
Tim Ferris writes in his books "The four hour body" and "The four hour chef" about using this 30/30 rule to burn fat. All I have found about the "Why?" is that after fasting for seven to eight hours ...
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Increased body heat after workout when in bed
I am little overweight, 120 kg, from India. When I go to bed after a workout in the gym, say for 30 minutes, I can't sleep as my body begins to heat up.
Are there any remedies? I tried showering, but ...
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Cottage cheese and almonds before bedtime for cardio regemin
I am starting an exercise regimen in combination of counting calories to get back to my ideal weight. I am focusing more on cardiovascular exercises to shed the weight. It basically consists of ...
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How to get sleep early when I slept late? [closed]
I have been on holiday and my sleep is a mess. I have stayd up to morning almost every night. Today I woke up 2pm and Tomoroww I should wake up 8am to get to work.
Is there anyway to get sleep today ...
