Stress & Disrupted Sleep

October 7th, 2020

When the body is extremely stressed, hormones can get flipped in terms of their timing. Consequently, a person becomes wired but tired at night.

He may struggle to fall asleep or to stay asleep due to cortisol pumping through this veins in the evening.

However, in the morning, cortisol is too low. Without coffee, sweet cereal, bagel, or donut, he may struggle to mentally and physically rally for the day.

Filed under Stress, sleep, circadian rhythms, cortisol, melatonin.

Avoid This Common Cause of Muscle Atrophy

July 1st, 2018

It’s time to workout. Go big or go home. Right?

I’m a big believer in pushing outside that physical comfort zone. However, sometimes, less is more. On your down days, you need to check your workout intensity or you can do more damage than good.

Filed under muscle atrophy, muscle growth, stress, cortisol, sleep, workout.