The #1 Performance Enhancer You Aren’t Utilizing

Hard training, quality nutrition, and targeted supplementation -- this powerful trifecta seems like it offers everything the body needs to maximize performance, fuel recovery, and deliver optimal results.

And, make no mistake, training hard, eating right, and using the best supplements will take you far…but you’d still be missing one very important factor to get the best results possible.

Sleep.

To put it simply, sleep is absolutely essential to your performance, health, and longevity.

Here’s why.

Sleep: The #1 Performance Enhancer You Aren’t Utilizing

Given that we’ve evolved to spend roughly ⅓ of our lives sleeping, you’d think modern-day humans would recognize the importance of sleep.

Unfortunately, sleep statistics indicate otherwise, with estimates showing between 30-46% of adults don’t get enough sleep (depending upon the state in which they live).[1]

Feeling grumpy and craving an extra cup of coffee aren’t the only downsides to sleep deprivation. In fact, those just begin to scratch the surface of the detrimental effects of poor sleep.

So, what happens when we don’t get the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep each night?

Increased cortisol, which contributes to feelings of irritability and muscle breakdown
Downregulation of dopamine D2 and D3 receptor availability (which interrupts feelings of reward and motivation as well as athletic performance)
Increased feelings of hunger and overeating (due to disruptions in the body’s hunger and satiety hormones)
Decreased athletic performance
Impaired energy metabolism
Increased fat storage
Negative emotional processing, where you feel more emotionally volatile, irritable, anxious, and aggressive[2,3,4]

To top it off, a recent study in Scientific Reports also noted that not getting enough sleep may be harming your cardiovascular health via increased oxidative stress and inflammation.[5]

Suffice it to say that poor sleep will also have a detrimental effect on the quality of your results during a transformation challenge.

Why Sleep is Essential for Results

We’ve outlined the “bad” of not getting enough sleep, so what is the “good” of getting enough sleep?

Well, during sleep our bodies are flooded with important recovery and muscle-building hormones that are critical for muscle repair, recovery, and growth process. A lack of sleep reduces secretion of these key hormones, which limits muscle repair and growth.

Beyond performance and body recomposition, sleep plays a key role in:

Memory formation -- information stored in short-term memory during the day is transferred to long-term storage at night
Detoxification & Waste Removal -- metabolic waste produced by the billions of cells in the body during the day is cleaned up and removed at night
Cellular recharging -- muscle repair, protein synthesis, recycling worn out cellular components, etc.
Hormone production -- growth hormone, hunger hormones, and many others

In other words, sleep is absolutely a priority!

How to Get a Great Night’s Sleep Every Night

Struggling with consistent, quality sleep?

Here are some helpful tips to incorporate into your daily lifestyle that can help improve your sleep hygiene:

Maintain a consistent sleep schedule.
Keep your bedroom dark, quiet and cool (65-68℉)
Take a warm bath or shower before bed
Avoid/restrict electronic device usage within 2 hours before bed to limit blue light exposure.
Restrict caffeine intake after lunchtime
Avoid large meals or alcohol right before bed time (ideally a couple of hours prior).
Sun exposure during the day to help maintain your natural circadian rhythm.
Daily physical activity (light-moderate physical activity each day, such as walking, and medium-high to high 3-5 times per week).

For added sleep support, you may want to consider supplements.

In fact, certain supplements have been shown in research to help reduce feelings of stress, promote calmness, and improve sleep quality and duration. We’ve scoured through the research and conducted countless personal trials to determine the best sleep supplement.

We’ve brought those ingredients together in our best-selling natural sleep aids -- Beauty Dream PM & Recharge PM.

Combined with a healthy lifestyle, our nighttime recovery aids help to reduce stress, promote calmness, and accelerate the onset of sleep, helping you to recover better and get the results you want!

Invest in your health and longevity by making sleep a priority each and every night.