In honor of #WorldSleepDay, here are only a handful of the benefits of getting quality sleep for your health. - 👇Comment below with any additional benefits I missed in this post! - 💪Improved Body Conposition: Body Composition refers to how much Lean Body Mass and how much Fat Mass your body is made of. Sleep enables you to train harder, build more muscle, get stronger, faster and most importantly, recover from the hard training. If your performance goes up, your body composition will improve. - 🥗Appetite and craving control: Managing your hunger is one of the best ways of managing your weight. If you find yourself getting hungry all the time and craving sugary/junk foods, look at your sleep quality. 👉I’ve had great success with my coaching clients by getting them to sleep better. - 😫 Reduced Stress & Anxiety: Sleep is one of the most effective ways of getting rid of stress. Not all stress is bad but too much of it will affect your life negatively. Sleeping also helps reduce anxiety by making you calmer. - 🧠 Improved Mental Performance: Sleep deprivation is linked to many mental and mood disorders. Quality sleep will make you smarter and more creative. I’m a fan of hard work but if it’s affecting your performance due to a lack of sleep, it may be time to back off a little. - 💉 Balanced Hormones: Sleep helps keep your hormones in check. This includes hormones such as Testosterone, Growth Hormone, Cortisol (Stress) , Leptin (Satiety and metabolic rate), Ghrelin (Hunger) and more. - ❤️ Reduces Risk of Stroke and Type 2 Diabetes: Sleep deprivation can lead to poor blood glucose regulation, increased blood pressure, poor cardiovascular health and more. - Summary: If you want to take your fitness, fat loss, muscle gain and most importantly, your health to the next level, focus on your sleep! 😴 - 👉 Share this with someone who will benefit from sleeping better! - PS I have a couple of YouTube videos on how to optimize sleep on my YouTube channel (Link in bio) Or go to YouTube.com/underdogstrength . . . . . . #sleepday #sleepbetter #sleepcycle #bettersleep #eatsleeptrainrepeat #eatsleeptrain #healthtip #weighttrainingforwomen #hungercontrol #lifegainz #lifegains (at Santa Clara, California)