Sleep Is For the Weak!

GET UP AND GET OUT!

Sure, of course sleep is a vital and key aspect of healing your muscles from the day before, however, oversleeping has its unwanted side effects also.  These side effects include:

1. Becoming even more tired even though you may be sleeping even longer
2. Low socioeconomic status 
3. Depression
4. Muscle depletion***
5. Being unproductive (laziness)

For a bodybuilders sake, # 4 is of the most importance (as well as the others).  And YES, sleeping more may induce the process of muscle depletion, or in more simple terms, your body starts to eat its own muscle.  Your body relies on its own muscle for a means of an energy source if all other energy sources are diminished.  To prevent this is simple: GET UP! and eat some breakfast!  But, as always, eat a nice and healthy, balanced breakfast.  Yes, you all have heard this before: breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day!  

Also, keep in mind that breakfast is meant to be eaten during the morning hours, typically before 12:00 PM, and you can even say before 11:00 AM or 10:00 AM if you want to get real technical, since any time around 11:00 AM is typically a "brunch" time.  But DO NOT think it is at all a great idea to merge your breakfast and lunch into one big "brunch" meal.  Splitting these two meals will help you not to overeat, and coincidentally help you to not gain those unwanted pounds! 

Having your normal 3 meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) is an important factor in keeping your metabolism running.  When your metabolism is running, so is the fat burning process.  For those who strive for more, 5-6 meals a day should be your goal.  This can only be attained if you wake up early to have the rest of the day to exercise and eat.  This is the ideal meal plan for any athlete, bodybuilder, or your average, everyday person.  In the 5-6 meals, you should be eating just enough to satisfy your hunger and your nutritional needs.  Again, having your metabolism always running will be key in losing that fat!

^ Don't Be That Guy! ^