| If you are having trouble sleeping, and you don't | | | | of the main reasons for the development of sleep |
| already have a regular exercise program, you should | | | | disorders. |
| start one if you want to sleep better. Exercise is | | | | If you don't already have an exercise program, you |
| beneficial to sleep in several ways. For example, | | | | really should consider starting one right away. The |
| exercise raises the body temperature rhythm and | | | | best time to perform exercise is in the morning |
| allows your body temperatures to ‘peak' at a | | | | because it encourages a quick rise in temperature. |
| higher level. This, in turn, increases your energy level | | | | You should avoid exercise for three hours before |
| during the day, so you'll feel more motivated and | | | | you go to sleep, since your body's temperature will |
| alive. And just as body temperature reach its | | | | likely still be rising, and you could find falling asleep or |
| maximum at a higher level through exercise, the | | | | sleeping deeply to be more difficult. |
| body's temperature will also drop further and more | | | | You don't have to run right out and join a gym in |
| easily. This lets you sleep more deeply without | | | | order to get regular exercise. It is possible to obtain |
| interruption. | | | | the benefits that exercise brings through its effects |
| A regular exercise routine prevents your body's | | | | on your body temperature by taking less dramatic |
| temperature rhythm from remaining relatively level | | | | actions. Research shows that even moderate |
| throughout the day. With an appropriate body | | | | exercise during the day has many healthful benefits. |
| temperature rhythm, you will find that you can get a | | | | If you can't seem to get motivated to exercise on a |
| deep sleep even if you've had a stressful day or | | | | regular basis, you should find a less intense, but |
| can't perform your regular exercise on a certain day. | | | | physical, activity you enjoy several times per week. |
| Exercise also delays the drop in the body's | | | | The activity could include such things as taking a brisk |
| temperature in the evening, and this delay lets you | | | | walk, going for a bike ride, or going rollerblading. All of |
| remain awake and alert for a longer time without | | | | these activities will have a significant effect on your |
| feeling drowsy or tired. And, as everyone knows, | | | | body temperature and encourage its rhythm to |
| exercise is a great stress reliever, and stress is one | | | | function at beneficial levels. |