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If you’re like many people—especially at the start of a new year—you do everything you can to be as healthy as possible. You sweat away hours every week in the gym and watch your diet to make sure that you're physically fit.  But have you ever considered your sleep fitness? Sleep fitness is essential, and if you're not getting enough sleep or the quality of your sleep is poor, you'll experience the effects during waking hours. To help you improve your sleep fitness, here are some essential items to consider picking up. Blue Light Blocking Glasses It's no secret that staring at computer and smartphone screens all day isn't exactly beneficial. Even so, with demanding careers and busy lifestyles, abandoning these screens entirely often isn’t a viable option. Unfortunately, because light exposure is a natural trigger that tells our brain to wake up, exposure to blue light waves can throw off the body's natural circadian rhythm. To combat th...

Waking up with night sweats is one of the worst feelings. Although there are a variety of factors that can cause them, one significant reason is sleeping in an overly warm environment. Apart from the dreaded night sweats, sleeping in a hot environment can have a host of other adverse effects that can impact your daily life—especially if being too warm is keeping you from experiencing a good night’s rest on a regular basis. Experiencing a cooling sleep environment is optimal for most people. That said, let’s take a look at the benefits of sleeping cool along with some ways to improve your sleeping environment. Naturally Boost Your Metabolism If you want to become more fit, improving your sleep fitness is an excellent step. Sleeping in a cooler environment can increase the level of “good fat,” more specifically known as brown fat, in your body. With this good fat, your body will burn more calories and improve your metabolic health, which helps with weight loss while...

With a new year right upon us, you're probably ready to kickoff a new workout routine or pick back up the one you started last year. As you assess what you want to achieve in 2019, have you considered what your sleep fitness is? While the results of improving your sleep fitness might not be quite the same as being able to run farther or lift heavier weights, the health benefits of getting better sleep speak for themselves. Whether you wake up with night sweats and need to adjust your environment so you have a bedroom that’s cooling throughout the night, or you just need to determine a reasonable bedtime, here are some tips to help make you a healthier sleeper. Get Into a Routine and Stick to It Just as you would find a workout routine that maximizes the time you spend in the gym, you should create a sleep schedule that enhances your sleep fitness and performance. You should make sure that you set aside enough time for sleeping, around seven to nine hours, eve...

For many people, exercising regularly and eating healthy is essential to their day-to-day life. Without a morning workout or if they fall off the broccoli wagon for a couple of days, they feel like they aren't quite themselves. Physical fitness and nutrition are hugely important, but although you wake up early to conquer the treadmill, have you considered how your sleep habits could be affecting you? With increasingly hectic schedules in the modern career world, getting the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep a night can seem like an impossible challenge while balancing work and a social life. And we’ve all felt the impact of nights where we’ve gotten too little or just the right amount of sleep. Let's discuss a few reasons why you should consider improving your sleep fitness levels. Better Sleep Means Faster Recovery When you spend an hour in the gym every day and then eight hours at work at your standing desk, you’re inevitably used to the feeling of...