Sleep Your Way To Muscles

Now I know a lot of people got excited reading this title thinking it will be a excuse for their Garfield the Cat type habits (eat, sleep, repeat) but sorry, not the case. Unless your like my gorgeous friend Jessica Gott whose voice completely changes to a hot Disney character when shes tired, some people don't realize their body telling them when its time to shut it down for the night.

One of the main overlooked aspects of training, other than diet is your sleep habits. Everyone wants to workout for 4 hours a day, but completely ignores the rest habits to go hang out or party in a tight affliction shirt. Biigggg mistake.


Simply put your muscles don't grow in the gym, they grow only when you are resting in the hours and days following a workout. So you need to make sure you give your body plenty of good sleep to maximize recovery and muscle repair, which leads you to build bigger muscle in a shorter period of time. Not sleeping leads to plateaus and your body not being able to recover, hence over training. It leads to stress, Physical performance will decrease, and Hormone levels will be affected. It can even effect things from testosterone levels to ability to "keep up" in bed.. yea..Almost makes you want to take a nap right now.

OK, I'm pretty sure by now you understand the importance of sleep for building big muscles. So how much sleep do you actually need every night?

That all varies person to person, some people need more than others but the general person should aim least 7-8 hours a night. But if you feel you need more, say 9-10 hours, then go right ahead and hibernate.

With the right amount of sleep you should feel fresh everyday and ready to hit the gym at 100% intensity. Only then can you maximize your gains and build bigger muscles.

A single night of good sleep is great and all, but you really need to stay on a regular 8-hour sleep schedule all the time for maximum results. As you probably already know, a single night of good night sleep does not always make up for an extended period of screwy sleep patterns.

All healthy habits are difficult to form at first, and sleeping is no exception. I can tell you from personal experience that I have all kinds of trouble developing healthy sleeping habits if I let myself go for a while.The most important key to developing healthy sleeping habits is to get your body used to the routine. For now, just know that once you get your body used to your sleeping routine, you will find it easier and easier to stick with it.