6 hours of sleep may be destroying your performance

Even if you train hard and eat clean, poor sleep will quietly undo your efforts. You may not notice it right away, but slower reaction times, mood swings, and sluggish lifts are all signs your nervous system is running on fumes. Sleep is not a luxury, it's a performance multiplier.

Try adding 30 minutes to your nightly sleep window for one week. Keep your phone outside your bedroom, drop the room temperature to 65 - 67°F, and use blackout curtains or an eye mask. The results speak for themselves in both the mirror and on the platform.

Your body adapts in the hours you're not awake. If you're chasing optimal results from your training, you'd better start respecting the hours you spend horizontally just as much as the hours under the bar.

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