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🛌😴 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑭𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒐𝒔𝒔! 😴🛌Tag a friend who barely sleeps! - Follow P.T.Pete for daily fitness/nutrition tips & education 📚 - A study carried out in 2010 investigated the effects of sleep duration on body composition in people that maintain a moderate caloric deficit [1]. The researchers found that sleeping 8 hours per day results in more fat loss and muscle preservation when compared to sleeping only 5 hours per day. - The research found there to be a significant difference between the two groups results as the group that slept for 8 hours lost on average 50% more fat than the group sleeping for just 5 hours. - More recent research by Wang et al. supports that sleep restriction tends to negatively affect muscle preservation and fat loss while on a fat loss diet. [2] - So to conclude, getting an adequate amount of sleep is more importan than you think! Its best to aim for at least 7 hours and no more than 10! - If you made it this far let me know how long do usua...

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