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Dr. Amara Okafor, MD

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Rehabilitation medicine physician specializing in sports injury prevention and recovery protocols.

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Sleep and Muscle Protein Synthesis

You can optimize every training variable and still stall if your sleep is insufficient. The molecular evidence connecting sleep deprivation to impaired muscle protein synthesis is stronger than most lifters realize.