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Exercise During Sleep Restriction Prevents Protein Breakdown

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Brady Holmer
Feb 21, 2020
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Hello Friends, 

This week, a study that caught my eye had to deal with the effects of sleep restriction on muscle protein synthesis...and how exercise might be able to counteract some of the detrimental effects that sleep loss has on our muscles. 

Studies (many in rodents) have shown that sleep deprivation (some have gone up to 72 hours) increases process…

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