Want to sleep longer? Adding mini-bursts of exercise to your evening routine can help – new study
- Written by Jennifer Gale, PhD candidate, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago
Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn’t have time to wind down before the lights go out.
But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with short bursts of resistance exercise can lead to longer periods of sleep.
Adults spend almost one third of the 24-hour day sleeping....





