How To Win. Boiled down to its most basic elements, sumo is a sport of satisfying simplicity. Wrestlers can win one of two ways: by forcing their opponent out of the ring, or by making them touch the ground with any part of their body except the soles of their feet.
Deepest and most restorative sleep. Blood pressure drops. Breathing becomes slower. Muscles are relaxed. Blood supply to muscles increases. Tissue growth and repair occurs. Energy is restored. Hormones are released, such as: Growth hormone, essential for growth and development, including muscle development.
The loss of deep sleep with age. One of the unfortunate effects of age is that as we get older we spend less time in deep sleep. While healthy people in their 20s spend 20% of the night in Stage 3, a typical 40 or 50 year old spends only 10% in that stage.