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Does Sleep Affect Our Performance? ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY RACHEL DOELL
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” This was something you would hear come out of my mouth often if you followed me in the early stages of motherhood, starting a business, and teaching multiple classes each week at 6am.
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hile seven to nine hours of sleep is the recommended amount for our bodies, somehow I felt I could run on low amounts of sleep and heavy caffeine consumption, and not have it affect my body.
Fast forward two years after having my first baby and I found myself in adrenal fatigue, my cortisol levels shooting through the roof, and unable to sleep even when the babies would sleep. I feel like this lifestyle is common not only for young mothers, but also for others in different ages and stages of life.
RACHEL DOELL is an instructor, personal trainer, mother, and wife who loves health and fitness. Her fitness company, Daily Routine Fitness, features simple ways to fit living a healthy life into your everyday routine. dailyroutinefitness.com | 23 | March/April 2020
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