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Sleep for Muscle Recovery

Meaning

Sleep for muscle recovery refers to the critical, active physiological processes that predominantly occur during the various sleep stages to repair exercise-induced muscle damage, replenish depleted energy substrates, and facilitate muscular adaptation. This recovery period is a non-negotiable biological component of the training cycle, as it is the primary time when the body transitions from the catabolic state of exertion to a net anabolic state of tissue repair and growth. Insufficient sleep severely compromises the physiological gains from resistance training and significantly elevates the risk of injury.