The importance of a sleep

I need more consistency in hitting the gym nightly. Just that exams and studying from summer school is pretty busy and only time I have to hit the gym is at night and sometimes, I can't make it because I have to make up time to study because my schedule throughout the day is so busy from work and whatnot.

One of the key things that is MANDATORY is getting in enough SLEEP. Your body grows the most when your rest and sleep at night so try and get in a full night's rest if you can.

6 Reasons to get enough sleep

- Learning and memory is affected. By sleeping, it helps your brain commit to processing new information called memory consolidation. Studies show that people who sleep after learning retain their information better.

- Your metabolism and weight are affected. It affects weight gain by altering our levels of hormones that affect our appetite and can change the way our bodies store and process carbohydrates.

- If you don't get enough sleep at night, you tend to fall asleep more throughout the day and are more prone to make mistakes in daily tasks.

- You can end up being lazy, irratible, moody and not concentrate as well.

- You'll have more stress in your overall health and body and can cause irregular heartbeats

- Not enough sleep can affect your immune system.

Your muscles will start repairing themselves as soon as you stop working them. But Sleep is still an integral part of your daily regime!

Here's a good read.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dean22.htm

I felt I needed to highlight this because this is one of the things that I need to focus on also in my course for building my body.

Here's a couple progression photo's from May 2011 and the meals I've been eating for the past couple weeks. Lunch, snack, and dinner

Chicken Breast cuts, baby carrots, and spinach in this tupperware

I've been packing 3 of these with me each day I have school so that I have enough meals to last me throughout the day.

Sorry for the bad pictures. My camera phone sucks.

Will have June progression photo's up later.

What to NOT do at the gym.

Gonna update with some pictures later on on what I've been doing and whatnot and progression photo's. I've been working out with my friend David lately and gotta tell ya. This guy's a beast. A lot of good stuff to update :)

This particular workout that we've been trying is specifically dedicated to ice1cube and Hanhchampion!!!!! Gonna update ya'll on it in the next post :)

I've been eating extremely healthy for the past 2 weeks and haven't splurged at all.

Been eating about 4-5 meals a day and loaded up with a lot of chicken, carrots, bell peppers, onions and a lot of spinach in my meals. Only thing bad thing I think is that I have to load up on caffiene throughout the day sometimes because I have a long day and I get tired >.

If there's ever an aerobics ball laying around you, don't even look at it, don't even think. Just walk away from it. or this will happen.