There was a time, not that long ago, when I scoffed at anyone who’d try to talk to me about the benefits of sleeping with a white noise machine. I’ve had difficulty sleeping for pretty much my entire life. I’ve particularly struggled with getting to sleep though staying asleep has been tough at

There are multiple sleep studies, professional testimonies, and stories suggesting the benefits of ditching your phone for a real alarm clock in the morning. I’ve been talking about doing it for at least a couple years but my lazy ass hasn’t pulled the trigger on making it happen. Until today, when

On some nights, falling asleep can be as easy as hitting the pillow and closing your eyes. There are nights when I’m out cold within minutes. But there are those others nights… Those ones where I’m sitting in bed until 3am wondering why we eat birds. On those nights, I question my sanity. I

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The reality is however, if fitness is your goal, a lack of sleep may be making you fat and keeping you from building muscle. Diet and exercise are the main drivers of progress, but sleep isn’t too far behind. Sleep affects everything. Your hunger, hormones, ability to train and recover effectively