| Hi Friend,
Happy New Year!
And if you’re like most folks, you’ll want to shift those excess pounds you gained over the holidays. But where’s the best place to start? Well, it’s not with your diet. In fact, research shows the best way to battle the bulge is in the bedroom.
That’s right. You need to get more sleep. And until you do, that stubborn chub clinging defiantly to your waistline is going nowhere. Here’s why…
You see, a lot of nasty stuff happens when you’re sleep-deprived. For instance, science shows sleep deprivation negatively affects the reproductive system. Figures reveal how men who sleep just five to six hours a night have diminished testosterone levels of someone ten years their senior.
So a lack of sleep will age you by a decade in terms of virility and muscle mass?
Oh, yeah. And there's more…
Poor sleep habits hammer your cardiovascular system, too. In fact, it's during deep sleep that your heart receives its own natural reboot — during shut-eye, your heart rate slows and blood pressure plummets.
Sounds cool. But now flip that around. Suddenly, when you’re not getting sufficient sleep, there is no cardio-reboot to take advantage of. The result? An increased risk of fatal heart attack or stroke.
The simple fact is, your sleep quality is much like your strength routine or diet. Whether you realise it or not, it’s either working for you or against you…
In the same way poor sleep habits hurt you, good sleep habits help you. With good sleep, memory and mood improves; your athletic performance takes a leap; you also find you stick to diets better…
But here’s the really important part: without even trying, you gain access to the number one fat-burner and energy producer on the planet.
Failure to snooze means you lose. Big time.
To help prove my point, respected author and strength coach Dan John conducted a little sleep experiment. His goal? Dan tried to snooze up to twelve hours a day for a week.
So what happened? The body fat dripped off him so fast, Dan had to force himself to eat!
Dan says: “The first time I tried this experiment, I went from 226 to 214 in about six days.”
So here’s your New Year’s resolution. For the next twelve months, make it your goal to sleep more often. Be sure to make bedtime your priority, and show up like you would for anything else that is important in your life.
Your waistline, and gym results in 2018, will thank you for it.
Until next time,
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