recovery

24 hours a day just doesn’t seem like enough as a college student.

You spend the majority of your time attending long 3-hour lectures, trekking back and forth between the buildings on campus, and studying until the sun comes up.

You barely have enough time to squeeze in a few workouts a week. But since you’re getting everything done and still getting a little sleep each night, you may assume that you handle the sleep deprivation quite well.

However, a lack of sleep can ruin your performance in the gym and in the classroom. And it’s actually a serious problem among college students in America.

So, here are 31 statistics about sleep deprivation in college students.

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The connection between exercise and stress can turn your mind into a battlefield.

The research, physiology, and your past experiences all agree. A run or CrossFit class can soften the mental load, make a gloomy day a tad brighter (thanks, endorphins!), and even motivate you!

But … life always manages to get in the way.

The defeating work-school-relationship combo sways you in the opposite direction. Lacing up your Nikes, loading the barbell, or hitting the treadmill are more mental challenges than anything.

It pits the same-old internal war: “I know it’s good for me and will help me feel better. But I can’t find it in me to take that first step.”

Maybe the research will do the trick and offer that final motivational nudge. Gains aside, here are 11 exercise and stress statistics to prove once and for all its benefits for the mind.

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