Sleep
The human body is an amazing biological machine, the more stress it is subjected to the faster it grows and develops to withstand future stress. This is what we are doing when we train, putting our bodies and minds under increasingly high levels of stress. We need sleep to rest and recover, and is the peak time for growth and development. Therefore, to gain the maximum benefit from your training you need to be getting the right amount of high quality sleep. It is generally accepted that most people require approximately 8 hours of sleep per night, but people vary quite a bit. Also, as we get...
read moreHolistic Stress Management – Michelle Bishop
Stress has such a huge impact on our daily lives, that I thought it might be time to look at an in depth level at the real physical and mental impact of stress. It is important to remember that ‘stress’ in the not the situations or incidents themselves, but rather the way we react to them. I am sure you can think of a recent event that may have happened, where your reaction has differed to that of another person? Stress in today’s life is different to that of our ancestors. We face stress from all angles: Physical stress exercise or hard labour Chemical stress environmental pollution,...
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