I find that the older I get the less sleep I seem to need. I can get by easily on seven hours now. Back even a few years ago less than eight and I was in trouble.
Though we sleep less as we age, the paradox is that sleep becomes more important to us as athletes as we get older. It is the time our body recovers and repairs from our training. Sleep less and you recover less.
Recent studies have also connected lack of sleep to acceleration of the aging process. Slee...
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Hi all,
As I do at the beginning of every year, it seems, I've been tackling those few extra pounds that somehow creep up during the year. This year, though, I've been paying attention to some advice I got regarding heart rate. To burn fat, you want a slow, steady pace with your heart rate not getting too high. I've always just gone all-out in my workouts before and gotten my heart rate up way high.
Well, this heart rate business seems to work. Staying slow and steady has...
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