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Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan
For whatever reason, I couldn't sleep last night. I went to the gym, came home, got laid.... then just was WIDE awake. We went to bed at 11:00pm. Tried to go to sleep around 12:40am... and was just wide awake. Didn't get to sleep until after 2:00am.
I was going to blow off the gym this morning, but I was wide awake at 5:40pm.
Hopefully, I can squeeze a nap in today somewhere. I know my body needs sleep to recover from the abuse I am giving it... but apparently, my body disagrees.
Will do 36 minutes on the eliptical this morning. I'll grab a protein shake when I get back. Weds is typically a day off from lifting. I may try to work in some core exercises depending on how tired I am.
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Been there man. Been there. You're not the only one.
I can relate. I know this feeling. Plenty of times this has happened to me. You go to bed at a particular time and you want your body to shutdown but it can't right? yup...Thats very familiar. Interestingly enough, I've always encountered this problem when I trained late at night. I think that could be the link to the problem by being or doing something active late in the day.
Its just that exercising or whatever activity is causing you to be active increases your bodys core temperature and makes you more alert. Not a good thing to have at a particular time of the day when its required to shutdown. exercising late at night goes against the bodys demands of "shutdown mode". And it all varies on the intensity of the activity as well. The more intense your activity the higher your bodys core temperature increases and it could take up to several hours before it returns to normal. It just all depends on how your body responds to the type of activity you're doing. Musta been a good nights sex lol...It is a compliment to your body to go to bed when its temperature is normal. And if you could avoid late activities in the day, do it.
I remember learning this the hard way lol...I would do karate sessions late at night, around 9 and finish at 10...The workouts were incredibly intense that when I was done, I came out with an abundunce of energy..Would then go home, watch a bit of tv or read a book no problem and then go to bed around 12am. And no way did it happen. I was wired in bed, and it would take my body approximately 4 hours to cool down. With that being said, I wouldn't sleep till like 4am in the morning. It was nuts. So I stopped training late at night and coincedentally my sleep improved. Significantly.
But yeah that may be your problem as well? Of course sleep deprivation can derive from many other things such as stress, alcohol, eating late at night, etc. but one thing I do know, here's a tip for ya, if you ever feel you experienced a night where you're sleep deprived, its best not to train the very next day because chances are your body is "taxed" from the lack of sleep which prevents full rest and recuperation for your muscles. And that stunts the growth in the muscles, where they're not able to grow to their full potential. and So the way your body works is that it needs more rest in order to replentish itself fully, not only to make up from the lack of sleep from the night before, but so your muscles can grow to their full potential by getting the proper amount of rest and recuperation it needs. Be very careful. Lack of sleep can lead to overtraining. if you could take a nap, do it.