This might seem like a silly thing to say, but the truth of the matter is that many of us just don’t get the right amounts of sleep these days. Long days at work, and long nights at play (or work), means that we are left short of the required eight hours of sleep. But why should you be concerned with that, you ask, especially since you want to get a six pack, not win a beauty contest, right? Well, the truth of the matter is that without the right amounts of sleep on your side, your body just doesn’t function in the way that it needs to. Which, in turn means that you won’t be making the most of your day or your training because your body is so sleep deprived, and this means that you won’t be making the most of your workout.
Besides which, you will also find that being severely sleep deprived can prove detrimental to your training as you might not be fully aware of what you are doing, and thereby pose a danger to yourself.
Of course, with that much of sleep deprivation, you should be in bed, not doing an intense workout, but there you have it, we will still do something as silly as workout when we are do tired, even if this is not going to help us in any way whatsoever.
The reason I mention it here is for the simple reason that between sleep deprivation and stress from the daily grind of life, you are not getting as much rest as you ideally should. And this in turn, makes it harder for your body to recuperate when it needs to.
So, as far as you are able to, as far as you can, learn to get at least a good solid six to seven hours of sleep even if not eight, and try and do away with the stress – it’s simply not good for you.
