Sleep Requirements

[LrdViperScrpion]

Hey guys and gals,

Recently I have started to slack off in the getting plenty of sleep department, due to friends who love to stay up late and work. It's not so much that I do not get enough sleep, I always try to allow myself 8-9 1/2 hours a night, but I seem to constantly be going to bed after 12 almost every night and sometimes at 1:30 or 2.

Is staying up that late going to impede muscle growth or is the time you go to bed unimportant as long as you get enough sleep?

Believe me, I love sleeping, and am hating this right now, but hopefully I can get myself back on track shortly, btw I'm writing this at 1:30am and hating every minute of it.

Anyways, just wondering how much harm I'm doing to my muscles, if anyone out there can help me out.

 

[LAM]

staying up isn't bad if you are on a set schedule as your body clock will adjust, as long as you can get 7-8 hours straight you will be fine. it's when your sleep schedule is all over the place is really when it can effect your training.

 

[mick01]

It shouldn???t make too much of a difference. For the past 2 1/2 years I have had one of the dumbest work schedules you can think of yet I continue to make gains. I shift from day to nights and back again about 8 times a
month! Maybe I've just gotten smarter in my old age.

As long as your not feeling fatigued and your training and diet are going well you'll be fine.