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Rest and Recovery for Muscle Gain

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Muscles do not grow as you work out. They grow while you sleep. Therefore, sleep deprivation can cost you valuable fitness gains. Ensure a good night sleep every night and avoid staying up late if you don’t need to in order to keep cortisol levels low. Seven to ideally eight hours of sleep each night will not only keep you healthy and more energetic, but also will ensure that bodybuilding gains keep on coming.

Tips to Ensuring a Good Night Sleep

1. Avoid Activities That Involve Deep Concentration Or High Physical Exertion
These activities will increase adrenaline levels and will prevent your body and brain from achieving the state of relaxation required to achieve sleep. Try to manage your time in such a way that your deep concentration activities as well as exercise are finalized no closer than 2 hours before going to bed.

2. Avoid Watching Disturbing Shows At Night
This may also increase your adrenaline levels thereby preventing you from a good night’s sleep. In addition, these sort of shows may also prompt your brain to start thinking and analyzing, thus preventing you from achieving a relaxed state.

3. Avoid Eating A Large Meal At Night
Since having a large meal requires time to digest, this will also prevent you from falling asleep. In addition, laying down in bed immediately after a big meal interferes with the digestion process, so you not only will not get to fall asleep on time, but you won’t be able to digest the food as you should either.

4. Attempt To Totally Relax At The Same Time Each Night
By doing so you condition the body to relax itself once the specific time that you choose comes every day. Ensure that at this time no thoughts other than relaxation and falling asleep come to your head. You need to really learn how to block all thoughts concerning work or other life issues that may be trying to get in your head. Listening to soothing music set at a low volume with the lights off can help you relax and achieve the state necessary to go to sleep.

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