How Important is Sleep?

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The Agenda:

• Men’s Must Read Article

• Parker’s Breakdown: Sleep

• Fitness trivia

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🚨Men’s Must Read Article🚨

How important is a good night's sleep for better health and productivity?

We all know sleep is important. But I don’t think we really know how important!

This article covers:

• Sleep is essential for growth, development, physical and mental health

• Lack of quality sleep increases risk of chronic health issues, accidents, lowered immunity and healing

• Well-rested people are more focused, aware, and productive

• Children with inadequate sleep can have attention, academic, and mental health issues

• Stress, eating before bed, light exposure can reduce sleep quality

• And More!

Parker’s Breakdown: Sleep 😴 

My whole life I’ve struggled with sleep!

I was always tired, never really in the moment due to dozing off, and was never just 100%.

Sleep is hands down the most important thing we can do for our health. Sleep is broken down into 4 cycles. First, N1 sleep is that hazy period of about 1-5 minutes where you are dozing off into sleep. Next is N2, or light sleep, where your heart rate and respiratory rate being to slow down and this phase last for about an hour. Then, there is N3 or deep sleep. This is where your body restores and your mind as well and where memories and experiences are processed in the brain and your body releases human growth hormone. Lastly, N4 or REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. This is where your brain activity ramps back up (hince the vivid dreams stage of sleeping) and helps with creativity and memory. All of these are super important!

Sleep is where our muscles recover, hormones are released, brain stores memories, our hearts heal, fights off diseases, and supports weight loss 👍

Without sleep we are at risk for some pretty serious stuff. This includes heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and more! 😱 

Now my sleep is dialed in after years of researching myself and here are some of the best tips that have improved my sleep: ✅

• Freezing cold room

• White noise machine

• Nose strips and nasal spray

• No eating 2 hours before bed

• no drinking water 1 hour before bed

• No work 2 hours before bed

Here are things that are commonly advised, but didn’t work for me:

• Reading before bed (Got my brain going and couldn’t shut it off)

• No screens before bed (I do stay off my phone completely 2 hours before bed but I do like to watch a show to relax before bed)

• Melatonin (Sleep quality was not as good and always woke up very groggy)

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