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The Recovery Process
Prolonged sleep deprivation has been linked to anxiety and
depression . Sleep induces the release of certain hormones that
affect the central nervous system of the body thus affecting mood
and emotional stability. Less sleep increases Cortisol which is a
catabolic hormone and it decreases testosterone levels that are
directly related to muscle mass gain. Less sleep also means a
higher insulin level that increases your body's resistance to
nutritional absorption.
While one can not contest the importance of fitness training
including weight training one must understand the mechanics of
what really happens to the body while this physical stress is being
faced. While we exercise or lift weights, the muscle contracts or
crunches thereby getting compressed or shortened.
This happens when the muscle microfibers compress. With every
stimulus you give to your body, the muscle is strained to respond.
What must however be realised is that between the phases of
stimulus, the muscle needs to recover from it by building new
bridges across the new muscle groups that are slowly forming. This
growth is only possible when the body rests.
Another disturbing consequence that comes with compromising on
the amount of sleep has is in the raised levels of cortisone which
has been directly linked to more abdominal fats .While there has
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