When you’re training for an event, preparation is king.
You’ve got to be getting in your gym sessions. You’ve got to be getting the miles in on the road/track/pool. You’ve got to eat right.
In the pursuit of hitting goals, we’re working hard all the time.
But you know the one thing that many of us neglect, despite it being a really crucial part of our training schedules? Rest.
Sleep and rest are probably two of the most important elements of training and yet, they’re so easy to forget about.
Sounds odd because you’d think we’d all be counting down the days until we could be lounging on the sofa watching Love Island, rather than busting a gut on the squat rack.
For some reason, however, the more into your training you get, the harder it is to actually stop moving.
You feel like you should do something – clocking up 10,000 steps perhaps or going to a yoga class. It’s like a bike which has been going… Read the full story
from Metro https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/03/sleep-crucial-achieving-fitness-goals-neglecting-7678827/
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