Hey guys I have a question that is kinda asked alot on here.

[SpeedKillz]

I wasn't trying to argue with him because obviously it has been proven that the more sleep you get the better refreshed your body is but for me 5 or 6 hours a night is fine. maybe i'm weird. Maybe not. That's just the way it is for me.

me too man me too. i been sleeping 4-5, 6 AT THE MOST (rarely) each night during the week for the last 5 or 6 years and i always feel energized and refreshed. sometimes i get tired if im on a strict diet, but i dont feel overtrained or drained. i only sleep in one day a week and thats sunday. i see those studies and thats all fine and dandy, but i could care less what the **** someone else tells me about my sleeping patterns. i sleep how i sleep to feel good during the day, and thats that. so i'm right there with ya tuggers...

[leff]

There are people who eat poorly, smoke 15 cigars a day with no exercise who live to be 100 years old

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[ExecutiveOutlaw]

i just started boxing a few weeks ago so i know that feeling of feeling really sore, even after a week of training

according to some research ive done, and as obvious as it may sound, i would say its how much protein your feed your muscles when you need to repair them.

100% whey after hard workouts is essential, and at night you defintelay need a slow releasing protein (casein), because your body will be in a catabolic state and you dont want your body eating your own muscles. according to my research i would take either Ultra Peptide 2.0 or Optimum Nutrition's 100% Casein immediately before bed

Glutamine is also very helpful for muscle maintenance:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/glutamine.html

[kamicazze]

yeah more sleep! and try the ice cold bath many sportstars use to speed up recovery! i know soliman, khan and lesnar use it!

[kamicazze]

my coach always tells me think of your body as a battery when it starts running out you must not work it and leave it recharge! although its hard to do he's right

[DA1CATAS]

So far not sleeping past 4-6 hours has been ok for me. I go to bed about 12-1 and wake up 4:30-6:00 for work.

But that was with my old training. Even though I was doing so much I didnt need to change anything.

But this is a higher level. I'm very sore and its affecting how well I can put out in the gym training. I don't want to take so many days to heal. I want to heal just as fast, Like when i was training hard from the beggining.


The diet is changed...
i'll no longer eat unhealthy like usual. and add more protein for the muscles to heal. I figure this will help. because I was training hard enough to burn so many calories. I felt kinda invincible so my eating habits were nothing close to an athletes. I am excited about what this area could do for me and my power, training, and body all around.


I'll also try more sleep.
I'm doing alot more, More than i was before. More time to heal and less time watching boxing on TV a night,(which i could probably do without) doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

I'm going to try the protein supp too... but i dont wanna gain weight so I'm going to look into it a lil deeper.


Thank you everyone for the help. ITS really been good to read and I've learned alot. I've read all the posts and they all have good information. I'm going to try most of them and after 2 weeks or so of training at this higher level I will let you know what worked for me personally.

Thanks again for helping with this problem.

[PunchDrunk]

yeah more sleep! and try the ice cold bath many sportstars use to speed up recovery! i know soliman, khan and lesnar use it!

Aarh, forgot about that one! We don't have a tub for ice baths, so I make my fighters switch between icy cold and hot showers. I've done it myself as well, and I think it has some effect on recovery as well.

[DA1CATAS]

Aarh, forgot about that one! We don't have a tub for ice baths, so I make my fighters switch between icy cold and hot showers. I've done it myself as well, and I think it has some effect on recovery as well.

icy cold? like really cold cold showers? or the icy cold rub on gel stuff?

[batista]

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[Salty]

No like a bath filled with ice and cold water, the AFL players here in aus do it after every match, they have bins filled with ice water then switch between that and hot showers. Also maybe consider some swimming in the pool, or just laps jogging around in one, helps you loosen up your muscles without the impact or strain on your body.