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Sleepless nights

We spend almost a third of our lives sleeping.  And while it may seem like wasted time, from the moment we fall asleep our bodies are actually completing a great number of tasks. This is why sleep habits are important.

Sleep has a crucial function, it is when our bodies can undergo detoxification and repair. We are recuperating the energy needed to function during the day. Sleep can be defined by two dimensions: quantity (duration) and quality (depth).

Sometimes viewed as the only factor related to sleep insufficiency, the duration of time slept and the number of hours of sleep we need varies with age. As we grow older, we don’t need to spend as much time sleeping. The average number of hours of sleep varies from 14 to 17 hours for newborns aged up to 3 months to just 7 hours for older adults (who are more than 65 years old) as recommended by the national sleepfoundation.

The second factor to take in consideration when reviewing sleep patterns is depth. It takes into account the quality of your sleep. For example: the fragmentation of sleep.

A recent study revealed that one in three adults in Australia isn’t getting enough sleep. And the effects of sleep deprivation should be taken seriously. Today, people’s lives are becoming more and more hectic. There’s always something that needs to be done and people aren’t considering sleep as a priority.

If a person is not sleeping well enough, they may experience symptoms in common with sleep deprivation such as a lack of alertness, impaired memory, stress and an overall lack of energy. Studies also found a link between sleep deprivation and obesity rates or other chronic diseases such as diabetes.

The effects of sleep deprivation vary slightly when talking about teenagers. Teenagers who suffer from sleep insufficiency are more likely to have problems with impulse control which results in risk-taking behaviours.  A study also revealed that students who get better grades sleep an average of half an hour more than students who normally get lower grades. It has been found that later start times at school result in higher grades.

 

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1/Training

The training of a boxer as the goal to push himself to the limit of his body resistance. Series of stick hitting, dodging and repetition of shadow boxing are one of the main part of the “hard training”. In a second attempt, the fighter just have to practise his speed and agility, he does not have to be predictable by his opponent and close enough to move around without being touched .

 

2/ Boxing business

The richest sportsmen who ever lived is a boxer (Floyd Mayweather, 75 millions). Although, boxing became more than just a fight between two trained fighters. It is also a international event that is watch by millions of peoples on TV. It includes a lot of money for both of the fighters, with thousands of bets on the prediction of the fight. In every categories (welterweight, lightweight, heavyweight), there are titles that every fighters are trained for, and those titles bring the fighter to the top of his division.

PA Dubois 

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