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Cycling science explained by the FredCoach science team and reviewed by Fred Laguía: performance, recovery, cross-training and psychology.

Does lack of sleep hurt your cycling performance?recuperacion

Does lack of sleep hurt your cycling performance?

Yes. In a meta-analysis of 69 studies, sleeping 6 hours or less before exercise cut performance by about 7–8 % on average; in endurance tests, like cycling, by around 5–6 %. The reverse has been seen too: in a small s...