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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/understanding-the-need-for-sleep/">Understanding the Need For Sleep</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted September 27, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Lisa Cieplechowicz</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Most athletes know all too well the intense feelings of fatigue and exhaustion that tend to follow intense workouts and training sessions.&nbsp; Frequent naps and long-night sleeps become common for the individual used to pushing their body to perform physical feats.&nbsp; But why exactly is it that strenuous workouts lead to such drowsiness while other forms of exercise can actually help boost our energy levels? According to a recent article from The New York Times, this is one issue that is still unresolved.&nbsp; Though much research has been dedicated to the topic of sleep, there is a significant lack of studies on the effect intense exercise such as endurance running can have on an individual’s sleeping patterns. One possible cause for post-workout fatigue is the presence of cytokines, hormones that play a central role in the immune…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/understanding-the-need-for-sleep/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/understanding-the-need-for-sleep/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/understanding-the-need-for-sleep/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/understanding-the-need-for-sleep/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/athletics/">athletics</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>