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Anecdotally, I find even dedicated heavy lifting (1-1.5 hours) does not improve my sleep but similar durations of high-intensity cardio (45 minutes+) heavily improve my sleep even comparing for differing work-related stress baselines. I alternate lifts/HIIT,Tabata and do this regularly (2+ years of 5-6/week workouts) and still have reduced sleep latency times compared to before dedicated regular work-outs. My job is 100% sedentary desk job as well. Dunno if that helps.



> ... but similar durations of high-intensity cardio (45 minutes+) heavily improve my sleep

I should definitely give this a try. I do long walks and strength training, but have been missing cardio. Thanks for the tip.




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