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Empire Grappling Yorkshire Winter Open 🥉🥇🥇

Almost 8 months since ACL reconstructive surgery. The rehab was full of ups, downs, setbacks and anxiety but I always had January as a target for return to competition.

For a first competition back I am very happy with 5/6 wins; the loss being in the semi final of the absolute, by an advantage with the score 4-4.

I look forward to seeing my competitors in the future and thanks to everyone at for accommodating me in rolls and drills whilst I was still rehabbing.

In 2022 an estimated 8.6 million patients in England were prescribed antidepressant medication.

That’s 15% of the population.

31% of children in England do less than an average of 30 minutes exercise a day.

25% of adults in England average less than the recommended 150 minutes of moderate exercise / week.

Recent studies have shown that moderate and high intensity exercise could have higher antidepressant effect than current antidepressant medication.

A systematic review looking to understand how GPs promote physical activity as treatment for depression found:

▪️Most GPs surveyed don’t feel they were trained in how to promote physical activity for depression.

▪️Half reported that promoting antidepressants and talking therapies was more urgent than physical activity.

▪️Some GPs reported that there weren’t enough physical activity referral schemes for patients.

▪️There may be financial barriers for patients to access these schemes.

I was grateful to return to Stoke Mandeville Hospital help with a teaching week for Buckingham medical students.

We discussed the increasing importance of diet and exercise in modern life:

▪️People in the UK are 20% less active than in 1960’s.

▪️If this trends continues, it will be 35% less active by 2030.

▪️80% of adolescents do not meet recommended guidelines for exercise.

▪️But 1/4 people say they would be more active if advised by a healthcare professional.

🥇 in division and 🥈in blue belt absolute at the Wiltshire Championship.

The highlight was .ayling winning 🥉in his first competition by putting his opponent to sleep in the bronze match.

🥇at Empire Grappling North East Open

2 fights, 2 submissions, 2 bow and arrow chokes.

Why does sleep deprivation make you fatter?

Part 2 - Ghrelin.

References:
1. Cleveland Clinic. Ghrelin [internet]. Last reviewed 21 April 2022; cited 3 Nov 2023. Available at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/22804-ghrelin
2. Aldabal L, Bahammam AS. Metabolic, endocrine, and immune consequences of sleep deprivation. Open Respir Med J. 2011;5:31-43. doi: 10.2174/1874306401105010031. Epub 2011 Jun 23. PMID: 21754974; PMCID: PMC3132857.
3. Spiegel, Karine & Tasali, Esra & Leproult, Rachel & Van Cauter, Eve. (2009). Effects of poor and short sleep on glucose metabolism and obesity risk. Nature reviews. Endocrinology. 5. 253-61. 10.1038/nrendo.2009.23.

🥈at Empire Grappling Manchester

Disappointed to get submitted in the final whilst up on points but important lessons learnt.

Didn’t get to prepare like I’d hoped to due to a knee injury and a virus so looking forward to better performances.

Your guide to Creatine 🧬

Everything you need to know.

Is sleep deprivation making you fat?

I believe sleep deprivation is one of the largest, and the most overlooked, cause of rising obesity.

In this series I will explain how lack of sleep affects different hormones in your body and how that impacts weight gain.

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References:

1. Cleveland Clinic. Leptin & Leptin Resistance [internet]. Last reviewed 23 Feb 2022; cited 3 Nov 2023. Available at https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22446-leptin

2. Aldabal L, Bahammam AS. Metabolic, endocrine, and immune consequences of sleep deprivation. Open Respir Med J. 2011;5:31-43. doi: 10.2174/1874306401105010031. Epub 2011 Jun 23. PMID: 21754974; PMCID: PMC3132857.

3. Spiegel, Karine & Tasali, Esra & Leproult, Rachel & Van Cauter, Eve. (2009). Effects of poor and short sleep on glucose metabolism and obesity risk. Nature reviews. Endocrinology. 5. 253-61. 10.1038/nrendo.2009.23.

Use it or lose it.

We spend 1/3 of our life sleeping.

What happens during sleep?