{"id":4479,"date":"2019-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/stronglife\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:31:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:31:06","slug":"stress-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/stress-management\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage stress?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1. What is stress? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The best description of stress is the body’s mental and physical response to real-life or perceived ‘change’ or ‘threat’ in your life.<\/p>\n

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2. Not everyone has the same ‘perception of stress’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Example; fighting scares the living hell out of you, But UFC Champion Jon Jones loves to fight. <\/p>\n

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3. Types of stress:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Stress comes from internal and external sources. <\/p>\n

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  • Internal Stress:<\/strong> Lack of sleep, poor nutrition<\/li>\n
  • External Stress:<\/strong> Relationships, work stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    What happens when we are stressed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Firstly we need to look at the nervous system. Specifically the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system (PNS, SNF)  <\/p>\n

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    • Parasympathetic<\/strong> – Restores the body to resting condition, often called the ‘rest and digest’ system.<\/li>\n
    • Sympathetic<\/strong> – Prepares our body to face stressors \/ challenges. Often referred to as ‘Fight or Flight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Have you noticed that when you’re stressed;<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Do you start to sweat?<\/li>\n
      • Does your heart start to beat fast?<\/li>\n
      • you get jittery and anxious\/scared?<\/li>\n
      • You may lose your appetite or have trouble getting food in?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

         This is caused by your sympathetic nervous system. Essentially your body is releasing stress hormones and going through almost instant changes.<\/p>\n

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        This is that “Fight or Flight response” I was talking about, your body thinks it’s in danger.<\/p>\n

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        “Okay whatever Adrian, tell me how stress affects my gains!?” <\/p>\n

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        I’ll keep this part short and sweet, stress isn’t always bad! It’s when we are exposed to high levels of stress for a prolonged period, that it’ll become an issue to your health and well being.<\/p>\n

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        Cortisol is a hormone that is secreted when we are under stress, it’s created by the adrenal cortex (outer part of your adrenal glands), and it’ll spike\/increase when you are in a stressed state or situation.<\/p>\n

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        Cortisol helps with;<\/p>\n

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        • Cardiovascular function<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Carbohydrate metabolic rate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Yes that sounds good but; being in a high-stress state for too long is going to affect things like,<\/p>\n

          Sleep, Gut health and Digestion, which are also big foundations to repair and recovery!<\/p>\n

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          PS. It’s a catabolic hormone! Meaning<\/p>\n

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          Your body may\/will even use muscle tissue proteins and convert them into glucose for energy. The Cortisol hormone also prevents hypertrophy, since it interferes in protein synthesis. <\/p>\n

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          In conclusion, work on reducing your levels of stress and be rewarded with positive changes physically and mentally <\/p>\n

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          Hope you’ve gained something from this post!<\/p>\n

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          If you’re looking to take charge of your training and creating a positive relationship with your nutrition, comment I’M IN’ in the comment section. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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          WHAT IS STRESS? ?
          \n THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF STRESS IS THE BODY’S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO REAL-LIFE OR PERCEIVED ‘CHANGE’ OR ‘THREAT\u2019 IN YOUR LIFE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4842,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions\/4842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}