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post #1 of 8
7/14/11 at 11:31am
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I've heard different angles on this. What's worse, missing a day of exercise or missing a night of sleep?
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post #2 of 8
7/14/11 at 12:32pm
Why don't you tell us what you heard first. I could use a good laugh today.
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post #3 of 8
7/14/11 at 4:41pm
Considering most people never exercise and everybody sleeps, I'd say missing sleep is worse.
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post #4 of 8
7/14/11 at 5:04pm
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I've heard that missing a night of sleep is worse since sleeping is vital to muscle regeneration, but most people don't lift heavy objects so I wasn't sure. Missing a night of sleep might be worse for bodybuilders than runners or other athletes.
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post #5 of 8
7/15/11 at 12:25am
Sleep, by far. It lowers your resistance.
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post #6 of 8
7/15/11 at 10:54am
I work out on a regular basis but when push comes to shove, you can't cut back on sleep. North America is a sleep deprived society and while we should be getting eight hours a night most people cruise by on an average of six. Not good for both cognitive ability for example being sleep deprived while driving is as bad or worse down killing a 12 pack of beer and getting behind the wheel. On a metabolic level it messes around with hormone levels creating more of the stress inducing element Cortisol which is created during a primative fight or flight response. That pesky hormone released at the wrong time triggers weight gain. I'm no expert so take this as the extreme layman's description.

Personally I both work out and get a good night's sleep.
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post #7 of 8
7/16/11 at 3:02pm
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Originally Posted by Bill Smith View Post

I work out on a regular basis but when push comes to shove, you can't cut back on sleep. North America is a sleep deprived society and while we should be getting eight hours a night most people cruise by on an average of six. Not good for both cognitive ability for example being sleep deprived while driving is as bad or worse down killing a 12 pack of beer and getting behind the wheel. On a metabolic level it messes around with hormone levels creating more of the stress inducing element Cortisol which is created during a primative fight or flight response. That pesky hormone released at the wrong time triggers weight gain. I'm no expert so take this as the extreme layman's description.

Personally I both work out and get a good night's sleep.

Surely that depends on how sleep deprived you are?
I heard somewhere that 18 hours awake is like driving at the drink drive limit, 24 hours is like downing a bottle of spirit. But then it would depend on other things like how much sleep you had before that, how much caffeine you've had etc etc.
I also heard that drink driving on a motorway isn't as bad as driving when tired because you're more likely to die by falling asleep than having bad reaction times, but around a town drink driving is worse because you wake up a little when you have to focus, but you don't sober up.

Not really relevant though, I'd say sleep is more important - have you ever tried exercising when you're tired!?
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post #8 of 8
7/17/11 at 2:00am
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Originally Posted by Sir Humphrey Appleby View Post


Surely that depends on how sleep deprived you are?
I heard somewhere that 18 hours awake is like driving at the drink drive limit, 24 hours is like downing a bottle of spirit. But then it would depend on other things like how much sleep you had before that, how much caffeine you've had etc etc.
I also heard that drink driving on a motorway isn't as bad as driving when tired because you're more likely to die by falling asleep than having bad reaction times, but around a town drink driving is worse because you wake up a little when you have to focus, but you don't sober up.

Not really relevant though, I'd say sleep is more important - have you ever tried exercising when you're tired!?

I'm about to try. I haven't slept in 22 hours. :P
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