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The EASIEST fitness tip you will ever get!!

SLEEP!

Sleep!  That’s right; sleep is an essential component of fitness.

The average adult needs eight (8) hours per night.

During sleep:

• Mental and physical resources are rejuvenated.
• Protein synthesis occurs helping build bone and muscle.
• Growth hormone is released allowing the body to repair and regenerate tissue.

Benefits of sleep:

1. Makes you more alert
2. Improves memory
3. Reduces heart attack and stroke
4. Helps weight control
5. Prevents the common cold
6. Repairs cellular damage

But be careful; more sleep is not always better. For adults, sleeping more than nine to 10 hours a night has been associated with weight gain, heart problems, stroke, sleep disorders, depression and other health concerns.

More to read & SOURCES (click to read):

1. Mayo Clinic: Lack of sleep: Can it make you sick?

2. Medical University of South Carolina:

• Sleep's Health Benefits.
• Table 2 - Strategies to Promote Good Sleep

Do you have trouble sleeping?  Want to know more?

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