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short-term fix and is is not optimal And if you are serious about competing sleep
is is is proba- bly the first thing you you need to to prioritise Sleep is is is is what what allows your body to to build back up what what what training broke down This is is is is called su- percompensation and is is is what what allows you you to make progress in in in your training It’s not just about about quantity though but about about how you sleep
sleep
When we we sleep
sleep
we we pass through a a a a number of of of of cycles made up up of of of of dif- ferent types of of of of sleep
sleep
The bulk of of of of supercom- pensation happens in deep sleep
sleep
sleep
and this is is the sleep
sleep
that leaves us really well rested The cycles last between 90 and 120 minutes A sleep
cycle cycle begins by you gradually falling
deeper asleep and after a a a a a while you you enter deep deep sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
After that you you sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
more light- ly again and end with rem sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
which is is also called dream sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
That is is when you are sleeping most lightly The night’s first sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
cycles contain contain more more deep sleep
sleep
sleep
sleep
while the the last ones contain contain more more rem sleep
sleep
sleep
In theory you you could sleep
sleep
for endless hours but if you you are constantly being woken up and never never make it down into deep sleep
you will never never be be com- pletely rested The secretion of melatonin the the hormone that makes us sleepy varies over the the the course of the the the the day It increases at at at dark and and peaks at at at night On the the the other hand our stress hormone november in moonvalley
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