MONDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2011
Open Class 6:00pm
Sleep is arguably the most important aspect of your health! That's right! Possibly more important than working out and even more important than nutrition. Of course this can be debated until all parties are blue in the face because of the importance of all of these aspects, but you must realize that a cumulative lack of sleep can and will kill you.
YOU MUST HEAR ME ON THIS...SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!
Over the course of the next few days I'm going to post an article on sleep from www.mercola.com, which outlines the effects of insufficient sleep. If you are gung-ho like me and just have to read the whole article right now then by all means please do so here: A Third of Americans Don't Sleep 7 Hours.
If you're willing to read this article section by section over the next few days here is the first installment:
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that over 35 percent of Americans reported getting less than seven hours of sleep on average during a 24-hour period. There is some controversy over what the ideal amount of sleep actually is, but research seems to be accumulating that sleeping less than eight hours a night has significant cumulative consequences.
Case in point, the CDC analysis found that people who slept fewer than seven hours were more likely to report unintentionally falling asleep during the day -- including nodding off or falling asleep while driving. This is easily one of the most significant and potentially deadly risks of too little sleep, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drowsy driving results in 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries and more than 100,000 accidents each year. But there are other, more insidious, risks to too little sleep as well, and chief among them is the impact on your weight.
Coach Justin
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