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When sleep is low, athletic performance can suffer.

Sleep is when we make all of our greatest gains from our athletic training. The active part of training is the stimulus for all of the responses that occur during sleep.

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Getting enough sleep has many benefits. It can help:
- Restore physiologic and mental functions
- Release hormones, which peak and help your body grow and repair itself
- Stimulate bone, protein, and red blood cell turnover
- Recover cardiac and skeletal muscle

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Additional benefits:
- Maintain healthy blood sugar levels, reducing risk for diabetes and obesity
- Synthesize enzymes for metabolism, which helps burns calories
- Reproduce mitochondria—units in the muscle that process oxygen for energy

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Even more sleep benefits:
- Reduce cortisol and inflammation, which help grow tissue and build muscle
- Increase immune cells, collagen, and elastin

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Reduced sleep can have a similar effect on the body as overtraining:
- Increased inflammation
- Greater perceived exertion
- Higher heart rate responses
- Reduced motivation
- Reduced ability to properly recover between each workout, play, or practice

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Every athlete is different, so if you are training hard for a desired performance gain, @nyulangone offers personalized evaluations at its Sports Performance Center.

https://nyulangone.org/locations/sports-performance-center

via">https://nyulangone.org/locations... Heather Milton, MS, RCEP, CSCS, Exercise Physiologist

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