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It has opposite effect on me - after a strenuous strength training session I usually can't sleep well, often being in a half-zombie state until 3am then having
by bitL 8y ago
It has opposite effect on me - after a strenuous strength training session I usually can't sleep well, often being in a half-zombie state until 3am then having some shallow sleep until morning.
- renjimen 8y agoHow late are you working out? I try to avoid exercise after 2 hours before bed time otherwise I have too my energy to fall asleep on time.
- pkghost 8y agoIf you hit the gym too close to bedtime, that's not super surprising. It also may take time for your body to adapt to the workouts. I hope this isn't stopping you from strength training at all — from what I've read, it's almost a non-negotiable dimension of health and wellbeing.
- bitL 8y agoI am in a pretty advanced stage of training, so I don't think it's an adaptation problem. I guess some people are like me, some aren't (shrug).
- andreygrehov 8y agoMaybe the problem is that you exercise too late. I exercise at 6am.
- bitL 8y agoAt around noon. And till failure.
- atomical 8y agoMaybe try taking it easy?
- nthot 8y agoWhy do you train to failure? Very few training programs that I have seen encourage lifters to regularly train to failure. I think westside barbell's program may, but that is for people competing in powerlifting. Also, it's my understanding that when most people talk about exercising for better sleep they are specifically talking about low intensity steady state cardio exercise.
- bitL 8y agoI am one of those "lucky" ones that have to train extremely hard to see minimal gains. That means Tabata sprints till (almost) vomiting, 3xHIIT in a row, lifting long sets till failure etc. Nothing else works. Look it up, I am not alone. I am very tall, so it is compounded with much stronger lever effects, higher risks of injury if anything in the movement is misaligned, higher risk of splitting/cutting tendons etc. Also requiring Prussian discipline to see any gains and overriding feelings to push forward.
- matwood 8y agoEvery person I have met who said they work hard for minimal gains was either not working as hard as they thought or not eating enough. I was one of those people until I started tracking food and workouts.
- bitL 8y agoI tried a lot of different things, went through paleo, high-protein, liquid vegan, standard, high-carb, carb-waves etc. You can't apply your limited experience to everyone else; it's like when I talk to a regularly-sized coach and they just don't get the issues very tall persons have to cope with and most of their advice is either misguided or outright dangerous (but would work wonderfully for their type of person).
- turingcompeteme 8y agoNon of those things are helpful for gaining strength or building muscle. Do a basic barbell program and eat 6000 calories every single day and I guarantee you that you will see results.
- amelius 8y agoLook up "overtraining". You are putting too much stress on your body and possibly your central nervous system.
- jpfed 8y agoTo be fair, that's how many babies actually sleep.