Exercise and Sleeping Better
The amount of physical exercise that you exert during the day is one of the key ingredients to helping you get a good night’s sleep. The more active your body is during the day, the more likely you are to relax at night and fall asleep faster.
With regular exercise, you’ll notice that your quality of sleep is improved and the transition between the cycles and phases of sleep will become smoother and more regular. By keeping up your physical activity during the day, you may find it easier to deal with the stress and worries in your life.
Research and studies indicate that there is a direct correlation between how much we exercise and how we feel afterward.
You should try and increase your physical activity during the day. The goal here is to give your body enough stimulation during the day so that you aren’t full of energy at night. Your body requires a certain amount of physical activity in order to keep functioning in a healthy manner. It is also important to note that you should not be exercising three or four hours before you go to bed.
Although I prefer exercising early morning, the ideal exercise time is in the late afternoon or early evening. You want to make sure you expend your physical energy long before it is time for your body to rest and ready itself for sleep.
You should attempt to exercise at least three or four times a week for a period of 30 minutes or so. You can include something simple like walking or if you prefer, a more strenuous activity like running, or both.
Along with walking and running, there are several other physical activities such as biking, using a treadmill, dancing and jumping rope that you can add to your daily life to increase your level of physical activity. If you are battling not sleeping, you’ll find aerobic exercise to be the best.
The goal here is to increase your heart rate and strengthen the capacity of your lungs. Also, you want to increase the amount of oxygen that reaches your blood stream.
There are some non aerobic exercises that you may find beneficial to help you solve your amnesia problem.
Yoga is an exercise that has a stimulatory effect on your nervous system, especially the brain. Yoga utilizes breathing techniques and yoga postures to increase the blood circulation to the brain, promoting regular and restful sleeping patters. The regular practice of yoga will help you to relax as well as relieve tension and stress.
Tai Chi is an ancient art of breathing and movement that was developed by the Chinese monks. The movements involved are slow and precise, which is ideal if you have joint pains or you are unable to participate in high aerobic exercises. Research has shown that Tai Chi can help with insomnia by promoting relaxation.
You say you don’t have any time to exercise, then why not take the stairs instead of the elevator, park your car a block or two away and walk to your destination or park far from the entrance to the mall or grocery store and walk. These small activities can help you in your overall health and well balanced life and plenty of sleep.
There comes a point in your life when you realize
who matters,
who never did,
who won’t anymore…
and who always will.
So don’t worry about people from your past,
there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.
Tags: Aerobics, cardio, Exercise, fitness, ways to exercise