Men’s Fitness UK – October 2019

BRITSNOW GO

TO THE GYM.

NEWS

Photography

Shutterstock | 1. Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) 2. fitrated.com 3.

Sleep Medicine

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SLEEP

TWEAKS

Just a few small

changes can turn

‘night owls’ – those

forever late to bed

• into morning

people within

a few weeks. A

study involving 22

night owls, whose

average bedtime

was 2:30am with

a wake-up time

10:15am, found

the bene ts of

consistently getting

an early night

included feeling

less stressed and

depressed, as

well as less sleepy

during the day.^3

To change their

habits, they were

told to get plenty

of daylight early

doors, eat lunch

at the same time

every day and

dinner no later

than 7pm.  e

results showed

an increase in

cognitive (reaction

time) and physical

(grip strength)

performance

during the

morning, while

peak performance

times shifted

from evening to

afternoon.

per cent of male gym-goers admit to taking photos and

videos while they train and posting them to Instagram

• compared to 33 per cent of women. Hopefully the
  remaining 59 per cent catch on soon, because as
  everyone knows, if it’s not on Insta it did not happen.

times more bacteria can be

found on free weights than

your toilet seat.^2 But there’s

also more bacteria on your

phone screen, and your

laptop, and just about every

surface in your house, so the

key takeaways are: wash

your hands after lifting, and

stop using your toilet as a

barometer of hygiene.

362

27

per cent of British gym-

goers say they would feel

annoyed if they couldn’t

connect to the internet at

the gym.^1 How anyone is supposed to

maintain focus without watching a mid-

set dog video is absolutely beyond us.