{"id":918698,"date":"2026-07-07T13:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918698\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:51:14","slug":"will-an-evening-workout-ruin-your-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918698\/","title":{"rendered":"Will an Evening Workout Ruin Your Sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want it to help even more, consider taking your daytime workout outdoors. Exposure to sunlight\u2014particularly in the morning\u2014is linked to<\/a> higher quality sleep.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let a late workout derail your sleep<\/p>\n

If the only time you have to exercise is shortly before bed, don\u2019t assume your sleep is doomed. \u201cThe sleep-disturbing effect is not like, \u2018And then you get no sleep.\u2019 It’s like, \u2018Your sleep’s a bit less efficient,\u2019\u201d Capodilupo says. She suggests thinking of a hard evening workout as putting you on a trajectory toward disrupted sleep. But there’s a lot you can do to change course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sleep physician Dr. Cheri D. Mah coaches professional athletes, who often have to play evening games. Her advice after games is to practice breathing exercises, which activate the parasympathetic \u201crest-and-digest\u201d system that primes the body for sleep. She also recommends developing a wind-down routine with activities including light yoga, reading a book<\/a>, or journaling<\/a>, while dimming the lights and avoiding screens<\/a> and other stimulating activities. Even if something like a 10-minute meditation<\/a> means you hop into bed later, getting the body into a calm state can help you fall asleep faster<\/a> once you\u2019re actually between the sheets, Capodilupo adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you want it to help even more, consider taking your daytime workout outdoors. Exposure to sunlight\u2014particularly in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":918699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[38],"tags":[2095,61020,1198,998,210,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-918698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-evergreen","tag-exercise-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-freelance","tag-health","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116879025064193573","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}