How much you need to sleep?

«The dream of is health», so said, and they do. Why? Read on and you get the answer to the question «how much should go to sleep.» I will not give the «templates», and just explain what happens in a dream, in particular, this applies to our muscles.

And so, to begin with, that in the human body, the nervous system consists of two parts: sympathetic and parasympathetic. The first active during waking hours, and the second during sleep.

During the excitation of the sympathetic (during waking hours) of the nervous system are activated, all vital functions and in the first place mobilized all the energy resources of an organism. First of all it is glycogen (for what it is, you can see in the article the energy of the muscles), as it is the most easily mobilized source of energy (contained in the muscles). And already for the fact, when the stocks are depleted as a fuel are used fatty acids. Thus, during waking hours, catabolism (muscle breakdown) prevails over anabolism (their growth). And the question «how much should go to sleep,» as you can see, not only relate to bodybuilders, but also the ordinary people who care about their health.

During sleep, when the excitation of the parasympathetic nervous system, the functions of some of the internal organs «slowed down» and anabolism prevails over катаболизмом. Mobilization of sources of energy is replaced by their accumulation. Roughly speaking, in the dream, we accumulate the fact that during waking hours we spend. For the reproduction of energy during sleep, are used mainly fatty acids. As the saying goes «the Soldiers slept - service goes». We sleep, fat burning, and glycogen stored.

Thus, in the period of sleep protein anabolism increases along with the catabolism of fatty tissue. That is, muscle growth is accelerating along with the acceleration of the burning of fat tissue.

Another important point is that during sleep the accelerated development of somatotropin (growth hormone), which further increases the protein anabolism. The same is activated insulin - one of the most powerful anabolic hormones and, taking into account the fact that the level of sugar in the blood is low, this further increases the anabolic effect. The level of catabolic hormones during sleep is significantly reduced. Thus, due to the energy savings on the main exchange, the body produces overhaul of the entire body during sleep.

And so, the main question, «how much do you need to sleep?» The norm of the adult person, an average of 8 hours a day. It depends on the individual organism. Some people need more and some less. In bodybuilding, this figure is exactly should not be less than 8 hours. Can be dosed sleep at night and day. That is, you can sleep 2 hours a day and, say, 7 or 6 hours a night. But in our time of day it is not permissible luxury.

Well, it seems, and everything.

Thank you all.