Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sleep and exercise


Is it wise to do Crossfit on a few hours of sleep? There is no clear answer to this one. To decide, I think we need to look at the big picture. Are you regularly sacrificing sleep to get into the gym? Have you not been to the gym in awhile because you're getting 30 extra minutes of snooze? Our goal is to have some sort of balance at the end of a couple weeks. Ideally, you're able to prioritize sleep and exercise enough that neither suffers often, but this just ain't the case all the time with our busy, passionate lives. When you balance your life book next, make sure you're getting enough sleep and exercise (and Channing Tatum movies.)

Quick note: you will almost never perform at your optimum capacity with poor sleep. If you need to kick a workout's ass, get some rest before hand.

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