![]() ![]() People who don’t get enough sleep get sick more, experience higher rates of mental illness, and are more likely to suffer accidents or injuries due to drowsiness than folks who sleep 7 or more hours per night. According to Johns Hopkins, long-term effects include increased risks of high blood pressure, heart disease, and dementia. Sleep deprivation is a major threat to public health. If you’re not getting enough sleep, you’re not alone, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing for your racing, training, and overall health. And yet the CDC reports more than a third of American adults regularly don’t get enough sleep, and some studies suggest poor sleep might be even more common among athletes than the general public. ![]() Experts recommend at least 7-9 hours for adults, with athletes generally thought to require even more. In other words, you get faster when you sleep.īut for something so important and innate to our lives, far too many of us aren’t sleeping enough. In fact, it’s largely during sleep that your muscles grow and develop in response to training stress. For athletes, sleep is even more important, allowing your body to recover and develop new capabilities. Sleep is essential for human health, involved in every aspect of your well-being- from hormone regulation and immune function to emotions and cognitive capacity. By practicing good sleep habits all the time, you give yourself more leeway for a single restless night before your big event.Disciplines involving high concentration and cognitive loads such as mountain biking, criteriums, and time trials may be more negatively impacted by short-term sleep deprivation than other disciplines.A single restless night before a race has more impact on your perception of effort (RPE) than on your actual physiological capabilities.Adults need at least 7-9 hours of sleep and it’s generally agreed athletes need even more.Sleep is essential for all aspects of health, and is when your body does most of the muscular repair that makes you faster. ![]()
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