Sleep is fascinating. We all know it is good for us, and most of us would like to get more, yet, according to research, 43.2% of adults are sleep deprived. That’s almost half the population ... Continue Reading
Enhance Muscle And Strength With These Sleep Extension Techniques
Most of the literature on sleep is regarding restriction and its impact on health and performance. However, there is a growing body of research on sleep extension and the potential implications on athletic ... Continue Reading
The Importance of Sleep for Weightlifters and Other Athletes
Athletes are well aware of the importance of proper training if they want to make progress. They are also aware of the need for proper nutrition. Often given short shrift, though, is the need for recovery ... Continue Reading
Sleep Better: A Proven Way to Train Hard and Feel Your Best
We know sleep is imperative to health. But people seldom realize the extent it affects our recovery and susceptibility to injury. As a physical therapist, I have a special interest in how sleep affects ... Continue Reading
Sleep as a Catalyst for Fat Loss
Over the past year, I’ve continually identified sleep as the limiting factor for many people’s weight loss attempts. Beyond tracking food intake and exercise, I’ve had people I work with track sleep. It ... Continue Reading
It’s Time to Skip the Bedtime Wine: 5 Tips for Better Sleep
It’s 4:45am and the alarm goes off. It’s time to go to the gym. But wait, I didn’t get to bed until 11:00 and the kiddo got up in the middle of the night because she had a bad dream. How am I going to get ... Continue Reading
Is Lifestyle the Main Cause of High Blood Pressure?
As a nutritional coach, one of the most prevalent issues I deal with is high blood pressure. Statistics suggest approximately one out of every three Americans is currently diagnosed with this ... Continue Reading
Sleep to Win: How Your Mattress Could Be Affecting Your Training
Any time I’ve felt pain in my body over the past six years, I’ve blamed Brazilian jiu jitsu. Bearing the weight of people who are at least fifty pounds heavier than I am in every roll can take its toll on ... Continue Reading
Overcoming Insomnia: 8-Week Meditation Challenge #3
This meditation is best done at bedtime for obvious reasons. It is a tool for those who feel their energy is too high at night or their thoughts are too scattered. The insomnia meditation combines with a ... Continue Reading
Sleep Quality and Exercise: Are You in the Dark?
When it comes to sleep quality, many people are in the dark. Sleep is as necessary to life as food, water, and air, especially for athletes. In a study this month in the Journal of Strength and ... Continue Reading
The 5 Most Annoying Fitness Questions I Get Asked at Parties
But the fact remains that grains are not well digested by humans. As Mark Sisson explained, “While grains represent an easy, cheap source of carbohydrates (that most sedentary people simply don’t need), ... Continue Reading
Creating and Maintaining a Daily Regimen for Increased Performance
We have cones, or color receptors, in our eyes. This is a dead giveaway that we evolved as creatures active in the daylight. It also means we are sensitive to the daily rhythms of light and darkness, also ... Continue Reading
9 All-Natural Tips for Better Sleep
We’ve already discussed how important getting enough sleep is to our immune function, hormone production, and cognition. But for some people, just going to bed earlier is easier said than done. What do you ... Continue Reading
The Science of Sleep: 8 Articles To Help You Get Some Shut-Eye
Do you have a hard time falling asleep at night? Maybe you have the opposite problem and can't stay awake during the day. Or maybe you recently found out you snore. Here are eight articles to help you get ... Continue Reading
8 Habits to Build a Better Night’s Sleep
Sleep, along with training and nutrition, is one of the three pillars of a healthy body. Each pillar is as equally important as the others, and if even one of them is neglected, your body will never ... Continue Reading
Why Proper Sleep and Melatonin Are Absolutely Essential
Getting good quality sleep is very important for your health and fitness. Who hasn’t heard that muscle only grows when you rest? From a biochemical standpoint that might not be totally accurate, but we can ... Continue Reading
Lack of Sleep Increases Injury Rate in Teenage Athletes
A good night’s sleep is important to the general health and well-being of people of all ages. It appears to be especially true, however, for adolescent athletes. This is according to a recent study ... Continue Reading
Pro Athletes Who Sleep More Are More Successful
Everybody needs adequate sleep, even athletes. Adequate sleep is crucial, or an issue known as sleep debt occurs. Sleep debt is the effect of not getting enough sleep. Over time it causes mental, ... Continue Reading
4 Deadly Things Caused By Lack of Sleep & 2 Reasons to Get More
You’ve probably seen the numbers before. America doesn’t get enough sleep and it makes our brains hazy and our driving bad. In doing a little research, however, I discovered surprising ways a lack of sleep ... Continue Reading
Sleep Apnea: Causes and Treatments
At a talk he gave at Team CrossFit Academy in Monrovia, CA, in August 2010, biochemist and The Paleo Solution author Robb Wolf noted that the single most influential factor in our health is the amount of ... Continue Reading
