‘Superior’ exercise leads to BETTER sleep?

Is there a WORSE feeling than not being able to sleep soundly?

You TOSS and TURN… helplessly watching the minutes and hours tick by… DESPERATE to get just a little bit of quality sleep.

If this is happening to you, don’t rush out and buy a sleeping pill…

Or shell out your hard-earned money for an unproven gimmick.

Because you CAN get better sleep with the help of a “superior” exercise.

Studies have found that exercise increases your sleep quality by reducing sleep onset (the time it takes to fall asleep) and decreasing the amount of time you lie awake in bed.

But research recently presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference says incorporating STRENGTH TRAINING can give you the most bang for your buck in the sleep department.

Researchers at Iowa State University looked at how various forms of exercise affected overall sleep patterns amongst folks that had trouble getting at least seven hours of sleep each night.

At the end of their 12-month study, they found that sleep duration increased by an average of 40 MINUTES among the folks who incorporated resistance training into their lives three days a week.

Can you imagine how much BETTER you’d function with an extra 40 minutes of sleep?!

In fact, study leaders deemed resistance and strength training as the ‘superior’ form of exercise when it comes to helping folks improve sleep.

It should be noted that other forms of exercise (i.e., cardio) did help folks sleep more… but on average it was less than the improvements seen in resistance training.

If you’re already incorporating weights into your workouts, keep it going! But if you’re new to the world of resistance and strength training, you don’t have to join a gym or workout alongside a meathead.

A quick Google search for “chair exercises” is a great way to find simple, effective resistance moves that can be done in the comfort of your own home.

To better sleep,

Sarah Reagan

PS – In addition to exercise, learn how you can naturally incorporate one of nature’s richest sources of the “sleep hormone” for a better night’s rest. The details are in our monthly Health Sciences Institute newsletter. Click the button below to subscribe.

Sources:

Anderer, John. “Struggle with sleep? Resistance exercises may be more helpful than aerobics.” https://studyfinds.org/resistance-exercise-sleep/