The Circadian Rhythm
I guess most of you guys have heard about the Circadian Rhythm, mainly through your parents, but mostly big mama. Well I know everything about it, because my mother would always haunt me at nights, wanting me to hit the bed and stop playing computer... She always talked apon how I messed up my natural clock.
NATURAL CLOCK? I was like, what the fuck is she talking about, big mma must be smoking grass... I assume the Circadian Rhythm lies in the shelf along side ( Eat your greens) ( Soda is bad for you ) ( Drink enough water during the day).
- Now that I have been within the fitness industry for about 7years, and truthfully n honestly researched every area within muscle building, getting stronger and losing weight..The Circadian Rhythm aka Natural Clock is real.
We all have our periods. We extend our night stays and tend to watch TV and sit in front of the Computer. For everyday that we extend our owl tasks we often tend to feel less tired, and therefore tend to have worse sleeps. These worse sleeps eventually lead to tired morning, morning with alot of coffe, and much shit-visits on the toilet.
What is the Circadian Rhythm and how does it affect us (performance wise)?The Natural Clock is a biological process that can be found within everything living, from plants, animals, humans and cells. Lets start at 21:00 or 9PM at this certain time the sun is slowly starting to go under, it becomes dark and cold. Our brain starts to produce melatonine a hormone that makes you tired, aswell as lowers adrenaline, lowers body temperature, and decreases metabolism. The body turns off alot of its activities to put us into sleep. During sleep we enter 3 stages of it, these 3 stages must be optained to experience a full recovery of night. When we sleep our body goes through our day, our thought, and eventually adapts by increasing or decreasing different hormones so that we can adapt to our daily needs easlier.
(bodybuilding / strength-training ) pushes testosterone - igf1 - and growth-hormones these optimizations of hormones occur as a self-defense mechanism. The body is actually trying to become strong enough, so that the daily tasks will not become hard any longer...
(worker - stress) the opposite way around our body can decrease hormones such as testosterone or estrogen, increase cortisol and thereby leaving us in a state of (STRESS) (ALERT) within this state the body shuts of many normal functions to focus on one (Health and well-being) a stressed person might experience lowered concentration, work capacity, focus and energy and thereby leaving the person in a more stressfull state...
But why is the body working with us or against us? Well in the situation of stress (high cortisol) The body is actually trying to tell you RELAX, SLEEP, EAT, FOCUS ON YOU, RETHINK, READJUST and this basically takes time to learn.
7:00 - 8:00 So during the night and apon waking we have the highest amount of testosterone, due to the work out brain has done with our testicles.
10:00 The sun is shining, cortisol from night is lowering ( you can feel this, as you slowly start to function properly, think clearer, and become more energetic)
12:00 - 15:00 Highest sun, brain produces more nor adrenaline, which eventually helps us focus, be energetic and make us perform the best ( best time to hit the gym)
16:00 - 19:00 Body is slowly starting to slow down, getting ready to produce melatonine and eventually reset for the next day.
21:00 - 9PM Melatonine secretion
The Carcadian Rhythm is our natural given clock. It basically how we are ment to function and perform our best. By following it and listening, it will help us become better in every aspect ( gym, health, happiness, energy) it is how we functioned before, it is how we still function, and it is truly needed to be researched more. To become human again we have to understand that listening to our body, the feelings, hormones and enviroment is as important as the goals we want to achieve. Why? Well by doing so it will help you reach those goals and become human once again. Along side the Circadian Rhythm comes perfect timing of food, skipping early morning meals to leap over high morning cortisol levels (lowered energy, low metabolism, higher fat storage from carbohydrates. By listening to our body we will be able to achieve higher levels of strength, energy, muscle mass, health, performance.....
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