How much can sleep deprivation affect training?

jupc · 2015-05-15T06:17:58+00:00

The main factors in training recovery are food and sleep. However, by far the most important of those two factors is food. Prioritize good quantity and quality of food, and keep training as usual. As long as you can get 4-5 hours of sleep, you will be functional.

I don't think this will happen, but if you see yourself not recovering, adjust your training by progressing with smaller interval increases between training sessions, and increase the amount of rest time between heavy sets to be able to complete all heavy sets. For example, if you normally rest 5 minutes between sets, and are not recovered, increase rest to 8 minutes to complete all reps of the sets.

Also, for recovery purposes in this situation, I would focus on the core lifts, and cut back on or cut out entirely assistance exercises. The reduction in overall volume will help with recovery, and you'll get the most benefit from your training in terms of pure strength increases.

MrEiffel · 2015-05-15T09:04:03+00:00

if you're sleeping a max of 5 hours you're going to be shit at work/classess/gym/sex/etc...

So change that schedule because you'll only ending up crashing in a few weeks.

trp_sf · 2015-05-16T16:24:40+00:00

This was more or less my life through college. Frankly, something's gotta give.

If you're going to exercise, do something without a long recovery time or you'll be so sleep deprived that everything will suffer.

Title	How much can sleep deprivation affect training?
Author	Blackwolf66
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Date	May 15, 2015 3:34 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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