[Justin1285]

Originally Posted by Lulence

I've read everything on here about sleep, I was jw if it seriously affects my muscle growth if I am consistently only getting 6.5-7 hours of sleep a night (I cant sleep any longer, even with earplugs)

I dont think that 7 hrs sleep will affect you muscle growth. BUT Here are a couple of things you need to think about If you wake up alot, snore, wake up feeling like you have not slept, have morning headaches, wake up gasping for air, fall asleep while driving You might want to have a sleep study to see if you have sleep apnea.

What Is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep.

Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. Typically, normal breathing then starts again, sometimes with a loud snort or choking sound.

Sleep apnea usually is a chronic (ongoing) condition that disrupts your sleep 3 or more nights each week. You often move out of deep sleep and into light sleep when your breathing pauses or becomes shallow.

This results in poor sleep quality that makes you tired during the day. Sleep apnea is one of the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness.

So I know that sleep apnea will hurt your workouts and that will affect muscle growth.

[Shwitt88]

Originally Posted by Lulence

cool, thanks for the advice. i play a lot of bball and american football in my freetime. i ...really need to get a diet going...its pathetic, i feel like im wasting my time at the gym sometimes

throw up a question in the nutrition forum. make sure you give your stats, and goals. youll definitly get help to get on your way to a pretty solid diet.

[chrispghmuscle]

Sleep OMG, that's something I dont get much of,LOL but I still work hard to gain the muscle..

Kaboom I hear ya bro