Get some REST!

How are you recovering from your day? Most doctors you go to don’t ask how you are sleeping? But how are you sleeping? Sleep is the only true time that your body is RECOVERING. And if you’re doing what you need to do in the day, you NEED your rest. Men are recommended 6-7 hours of sleep and ladies need 7-9 hours. Many people have a hard time winding down from the day, here are some helpful tips to get you snoozing faster. Try to stay away from over the counter melatonin supplements, these dosages can be up to 50% inaccurate meaning if you’re taking 5mg you could be consuming 2.5-7.5 mgs which can cause you to feel groggy or a hard time waking up if you get the higher end of this. Instead try a night time tea brew or a supplement like chamomile. Reading can also be a great way to focus in from the chaos of your day, 10 pages will typically help you to relax. Now WAKING up and WINNING THE DAY! DONT snooze your alarm. Not even once, this is one of the biggest reasons people can’t break the morning fogginess they experience because your body starts it’s waking cycle and then gets shut down only to be restarted every time your alarm goes off. Blue lights between the hours of 11pm-6am greatly interrupt your circadian rhythm (sleep wake cycle) so try to limit your device use leading up to and within your first hour of waking.

Sip 6-10oz of water within the first minutes of waking as it will help increase your brains oxygen intake, and will start the process of flushing your body of toxins and by product that has accumulated during rest. As always thank you for taking the time to read this, and becoming another step closer to becoming EXCUSELESS! I hope this information serves you in a positive way! Feel free to share and tag @bare_barbell_co