Improve Athletic Performance By Getting More Zs
June 22 2009, 11:08am
If you are an athlete, or just a plain Joe or Jill wanting to improve your well-being and fitness, you could try something simpler: more sleep. “Most people training for a race or sport focus on adding more miles, workouts or weight training to improve their fitness. But new research suggests that simply getting more sleep can improve athletic performance.” [New York Times | To Improve Fitness, Try Sleep] In the study made at Stanford University, the performance of the athletes increased when they extended their sleep to 10 hours a night for five to six weeks. Well, now we have an excuse for “sleeping on the job”. Technorati Tags: athlete, performance, fitness, sleep
