Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, August 9, 2009

No Sleep Means No Muscle Gain In Bodybuilding

By Ricardo d Argence

If you are going to the gym everyday and working out then you know how much energy and focus it takes to do so. There are a lot of people out there who do not realize that sleep affects your bodybuilding.

Having a bad or inconsistent sleeping pattern can cause you to lose results in the gym. Getting a good workout in the gym is not the only thing that sleep affects in your daily routine. Lack of sleep can cause you to not have the energy to do your normal things during the day, and will set you back tremendously. So the worst thing you can do for you body is not sleep, or have an inconsistent sleeping pattern.

This article will show you the various reasons why sleep is so important to your workout.

For starters, your body recovers and rebuilds muscle while you are asleep. This is the crucial time when other parts of your body are shut down and not consuming energy or internal resources that your body uses to repair damages from bodybuilding.

Without enough of this quality rest, simply put, your body won't have enough time or availability to repair old muscle and build new muscle. You will be severely inhibiting your gains by not allowing your muscles to heal, mend and grow properly.

The energy that is consumed while working out is extreme, and if you do not get sleep you will go to the gym tired, leaving you with little results. When you start going to the gym tired it will no longer be fun and you will start taking days off.

If you are big into working out, then you know it takes motivation to get in there on a daily basis and get a good workout. You have to be able to get in there and get yourself pumped up so that you can get a hard workout.

Lack of sleep can cause mood swings, where normally at that time of the day you are exciting and ready for a hard workout, now you're tired and unmotivated. Getting little to no sleep will make it so you get behind on other things you do, because you are moving and working slower. This means that some days you may not get to the gym, and that's how a decline starts. Once you take one day off, then you start making excuses for taking more days off.

This is as much of a mental game, as it is a physical one. You need to make sure that you get the proper amount of sleep so that chemical balances in your body are normal, providing you with a good rhythm.

With all of that said, something that is very important to bodybuilding is your body's ability to burn fat. In order to do this you must have a good metabolism. When you sleep your body releases hormones into your bloodstream that help fuel your metabolism and keep it high.

So how much sleep should I be getting? No matter what you want to maintain a consistent sleep schedule. So that means that sleeping for 2 hours on Friday night and then sleeping for 12 hours on Saturday night doesn't amount to the same benefits as sleeping 7 hours both nights in a row.

The best thing to do is to set yourself up with a routine that gives you enough time to get rest at night. This way your body can repair itself and help you to achieve your fitness goals.

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