02-02-2014, 06:46 AM
Yeah exactly Lyraina, the study that I talked about was done on teenagers at a school, and delaying their start times had all sorts of positive effects on them. It didn't affect their grades at all in this case but it did make them happier, more engaged, better behaved etc.
I think that late afternoon is the best time for exercise, around 4 or 5pm if you sleep around 11pm. One of the factors I failed to mention in the previous getting to sleep post is body temperature. A dropping core body temperature is also a trigger for the sleep cycle. What exercise does is raise your core temperature by anything ip to 2 degrees. It takes about 5 or so hours for your body temperature to start decreasing after a good workout. This is why it is hard to sleep if you workout even a few hours before bed. If you time it right you should be able to coincide the dropping of your body temperature from exercise with when you are ready for your wind down.
Morning exercise is perfectly good too. It's a great stress reducer and can have great benefits throughout the day. I've had success with both times to be honest. I'm not sure why you feel dizzy in the morning exercise, but it certainly isn't good. it might be an inadequate fuel intake thing, or the type of workout. Yeah not sure, sorry, I'd say just experiment a bit to see what might work, and maybe do some research on your specific symptoms and issue with morning exercise. There's bound to be someone who's experienced similar things. I doubt that you would be incapable of being able to do it in the morning on some level, so yeah, examine that a bit more and see if you can figure it out.
And yes, writing a journal, or just writing is an awesomely singular thing to focus on to help process thoughts. I second that fully! From meditating a lot one realises that our minds are always frantic, even when we think it isn't. We're practically insane...with a thin veneer of supposed self control over it...I think of my mind as my own inner Joker. It's anarchy always trying to stir shit up. Haha
I think that late afternoon is the best time for exercise, around 4 or 5pm if you sleep around 11pm. One of the factors I failed to mention in the previous getting to sleep post is body temperature. A dropping core body temperature is also a trigger for the sleep cycle. What exercise does is raise your core temperature by anything ip to 2 degrees. It takes about 5 or so hours for your body temperature to start decreasing after a good workout. This is why it is hard to sleep if you workout even a few hours before bed. If you time it right you should be able to coincide the dropping of your body temperature from exercise with when you are ready for your wind down.
Morning exercise is perfectly good too. It's a great stress reducer and can have great benefits throughout the day. I've had success with both times to be honest. I'm not sure why you feel dizzy in the morning exercise, but it certainly isn't good. it might be an inadequate fuel intake thing, or the type of workout. Yeah not sure, sorry, I'd say just experiment a bit to see what might work, and maybe do some research on your specific symptoms and issue with morning exercise. There's bound to be someone who's experienced similar things. I doubt that you would be incapable of being able to do it in the morning on some level, so yeah, examine that a bit more and see if you can figure it out.
And yes, writing a journal, or just writing is an awesomely singular thing to focus on to help process thoughts. I second that fully! From meditating a lot one realises that our minds are always frantic, even when we think it isn't. We're practically insane...with a thin veneer of supposed self control over it...I think of my mind as my own inner Joker. It's anarchy always trying to stir shit up. Haha