Our misunderstanding of sodium and salt
We often confuse salt with sodium, that is, we regard sodium as salt and salt as sodium, just as salt is a common name and sodium is a professional name. But from another point of view, salt is sodium attached to chloride, and salt only contains about 40% sodium.
Later, I also learned that sodium is actually very helpful for muscle shaping and training itself. For example, sodium is responsible for establishing an electrostatic charge on the cell membrane. We can compare this phenomenon to a behavior, which has a great influence on the basic way of muscle contraction. Generally speaking, if we eat less sodium, our nervous system and muscles may not work properly.
However, if sodium intake is too high, it will actually be very harmful. In fact, many people are well aware of this. If you don't know, you can search online to find out.
Importance of fitness sodium
For a person who loves fitness, in fact, the intake of sodium should be controlled. So, do you know how much intake is reasonable and healthy?
At present, I personally suggest that the intake of 2-4 grams is better through relevant understanding. If your daily intake is less than 2 grams, it will have a certain impact on the effect of fitness. Different people have different requirements for intake. But if it exceeds 4 grams, it will also have a certain impact on health.
People's physique is still very different, so for many professional trainers, the intake of 3-3.8 grams should be more conducive to their muscle growth.
(1 g = 1000 mg)
Therefore, from the above, we can find that sodium is very important to our health and bodybuilders. It is a good thing, but it needs the right amount, not less, not more.
In fact, when we eat salt now, there is always a special spoon, and a few grams of each spoon will be clearly marked on it.
sleep
Next, let's talk about the effect of sleep on muscle gain.
There is no denying that many fitness enthusiasts can get their own satisfied muscles through daily training. However, I think this has a lot to do with the trainers themselves and their goals.
Trainers' sleep time and genes, as well as diet and training methods, will have many effects on muscle gain. But the specific methods and results need to be tried and summarized.
However, there is one thing that we really need to recognize. If you don't get enough sleep, both the training itself and the later muscle training effect will be greatly affected.
I have read relevant research in relevant magazines. The research shows that eight subjects with the age of 18-24 only sleep for about 3 hours every day. After testing for three consecutive days, it is found that their physical strength has obviously decreased.
Of course, we don't need to be picky at this time. But we can see the purpose of the experiment, that is to say, if you compare 7 hours' sleep with 10 hours' sleep, there will still be a gap in strength, which may not be so obvious, but I think it will still have a considerable impact on the training itself.
In addition, lack of sleep will also lead to your emotional instability and affect the metabolism of fat. In fact, my statement may not be comprehensive, but we can see that lack of sleep can lead to many problems. Should we pay more attention to it?
If you are gaining muscle, then you should really re-examine your schedule and make full use of your rest time to increase the time and quality of sleep.
Ok, this sharing is over. I hope my sharing will be helpful to your training.