Feeling your best at all time is no easy feat. But it’s
worth the sweat. Feeling at your best, to some extent, can help you put your
fitness and life dreams on the fast track. On the other hand, being stressful
and feeling under constant strain is the surest way to suffer from mental
burnout and a premature failure.
Without further ado, here are 2 ways to help you feel the
best:
Time your sleep
Sleep is key to wellbeing and increased health. Therefore,
if you’re feeling groggy when the alarm clock goes off, then you’re heading into
the wrong direction. One way to help you tackle sleep deprivation is to set
your buzzer for a total sleep that’s a multiple of 90-minute (7.5 or 9 hour for
instance). That’s the length of the average human sleep cycle. Setting your alarm
clock within these sleep cycles ensure that you’re not woken up during deep
sleep, thus fall short with your resting period.
Banish stress
Keeping the monster of stress at bay is another critical
approach. For instance, going for hard workouts days, back to back, without
ample recovery increases the releases of stress hormones, which makes you more susceptible
to colds and a host of other ailments. Therefore, during stressful weeks, don’t
push yourself through tougher workouts. Instead, make sure to keep a keen ear
on the way you feel both during and after the workout and adjust accordingly. Sometimes
an off day might be just what your body (and mind) really need.
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