Many people get along with exercise with better sleep at night. A new study has found that exercises are carried out at certain times today or before going to sleep change the way people sleep. One of the objectives of this study is to determine how sports and sleep are connected in more detail.
Researchers at Concordia University conducted a recently published meta-analysis in medical journals using data from 15 studies published. The aim is to determine how a single intensive training session affects young and middle-aged adults in hours to sleep. The correlation between exercises and sleep is difficult to determine because there are no two people.
However, when reviewing the literature, the team found that a combination of factors interact to modulate the exercise effect during sleep. The team records diverse results in the literature, with several benefits that suggest depending on the time of training while others suggest the impact of sleep depending on the level of fitness or type of exercise.
The main objective of the meta-analysis is to determine whether high intensity exercises impact on sleep and determine what factors are the most impact. Statistical analysis checks several variables, including training time in hours between exercises and sleep times.
Analysis found that there are benefits of sleep when users exercise and end training two hours before going to bed. Among the benefits are sleeping onset faster and increasing sleep duration. However, the researchers found that the exercise ended less than two hours before going to bed, sleep had a negative impact.
If the exercise ends less than two hours before going to bed, the participants need more time to fall asleep, and the sleep duration decreases. High intensity exercises in the afternoon are the best to increase onset and sleep duration, especially for settled subjects. The ideal duration for high intensity exercises for sleep allowances is between 30 and 60 minutes. Cycling exercises, in particular, found the most benefits for onset and good sleep. Interestingly, exercising at high intensity levels, no matter the time, slightly lower the stages of brake sleep.