Are your trysts with the gym feeling lackluster?
Looking to up your performance?
Eh, not exactly where I was going.
But, whether you’re a sweaty muscle junkie or just an occasional elliptical visitor, we all want the best out’ve our workouts when we do them. Especially when it’s so tough to squeeze ’em in between slaving for paper and rolling home on a fume filled freeway. By the time you get home, you’re so tired that you don’t even wanna workout. And, don’t get me wrong, I’ve sat there many times asking myself if I’m legit tired or just lazy. But – according to science – if it’s the former, we should be heeding those sleepy signals more often. Why? ’cause getting enough sleep’s crucial in getting that auto-somatic script we all need to repair our muscles overnight ‘n be stronger by sunrise: growth hormone.
That’s correct, kiddos.
No need to juice up. (Or take those cracky capsules found in the pharmacy aisle.) Just get more sleep.
See, your body’s busier while snoozing than you are while sweating it out at the gym.
(How about we switch: I’ll do all of this while I’m awake and my subconsch brain can do my taxes and laundry.)
That said, the former thing augments the performance of the latter in a massive way. See, when you sleep, it’s an opportunity for muscle function to be restored. Your body deploys the healing fleets (the aformentioned growth hormone) that fortify your flesh fibers after all the stuff you’ve done to it during the day. And this makes for a better date with your weights tomorrow.
On the contrary, when you miss out on too much sleep – those GH levels go ultra-wonky. Whereas the hormone’s normally dispersed in a drizzle, sleeping after nights on end of nada cause your bod to overcompensate. And, when it comes to GH, that can mean going all acromegalic (that’s that disorder where you start to look like Fezzik from the Princess Bride), diabetic, and heart disease-y. No bueno on all counts. Plus, let’s don’t forget the non-athletic side of not getting the benefits of GH. Muscle repair’s needed whether or not you’re that CrossFitting bish in the cubicle across from you who spends lunch powerwalking while she eats kale straight from the bag. It’s necessary for everyone. So, perspiration performance aside, it might also ‘xplain why you wake all achey after many moons of snoozeless-ness. Stay on top of surrendering to slumber so damage control can come in and do its work, though, and you’re golden. Thus, the solution to a more wondrous workout (and more comfy carnal vessel in general) is simple. All you need’s a non-intravenous intrinsic injection of your own au natch performance enhancer. And how exactly do you get high on your own supply? Easy. I’ll lay it out, five point plan style for ya:
1.) Scour the rest of this site for ways to fish for Z’s from your mattress craft.
2.) Reel ’em in nice ‘n early this evening (so you can get a good six to seven hours).
3.) Work out in A.M.
4.) Repeat list in P.M. (And then for all eternity).
5.) Profit. (Perpetually – by evading pain and gaining strength.)