subject: How Sleep Can Help You Build Muscle [print this page] How SLEEP can help you buildMuscle How SLEEP can help you buildMuscle
You can spend hours and hours in the gym, lifting hundreds of kilo's and forcing those last few reps outbut all that can quite easily be going to waste by simply losing out on sleep!
If you are staying up late, getting all worked up over something before bed or sleeping in a noisy environment then this is not going to help your cause, however if you find that you have reached that training plateau then spending a few hours in bed is a better solution todestroying yourself in the gym trying to get over the plateau.
Let's have a quick look at the basics, if you are not getting enough sleep then your body's growth hormonewhich you need to build muscle get disrupted and on the flip sideits production of stress hormone cortisol which can cause fat gain will go up!
There are many other negatives that come hand in hand with lack of sleep, it can cause depression, weaken your immune system and make you more vulnerable to bacteria.
To avoid all of the above it is best to try to get eight hours of quality sleep, lying in bed and updating your profile on facebook onyour mobile devicedoes not count, get some real shut eye!
ConsumeSlow Release Protein before Bed
Consuming a slow release protein will also be highly beneficial such as casein or mixing aweigh protein, fish, glutamine and flaxseeds to drip feed the body throughout the night.
