The Top 11 Health Benefits of Sleep

Quality sleep is like nature’s sports supplement, improving your speed, hand-eye coordination, reaction time, and muscle recovery. Thing is, even short-term sleep deprivation messes with these, throwing off your performance at the gym. Also, a 2013 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that sleep deprivation reduced muscle strength and power the next day, particularly if your workout was later in the afternoon.

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