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📣 cgb223

How to get to sleep after an evening workout?


My schedule currently only allows me time to workout after 5 PM due to life commitments and work.

I choose to go to workout classes because I make friends, and it pushes me much harder than I would push myself, and I see benefit in those things.

That said, last night like most nights I do this I couldnt fall asleep until the sun came up, despite going to bed at 11 PM.

I'm kind of running out of ideas so I figure I'll ask here, if only because we all tend to be weird in the same ways on this forum.

I have tried everything:

* Chamomile tea

* No screens in the bedroom

* Snack before bed (this helps probably the most if not inconsistently)

* Meditation before bed

* Stretching

* Melatonin 30 minutes before desired bed time (this one also helps maybe 40% of the time)

* THC (get very stuck in my head, does not work at all)

* No/dim lights in house to trigger sleep hormone production

* Progressive relaxation

* Warm shower before bed (wakes me up)

* Cold shower before bed (WAKES me up inside)

* No caffeine after noon

* No caffeine at all (Makes me a terrible person to others)

I'm out of ideas. I'm literally giving myself insomnia with these workouts. Its almost like I cant gear down, and want to keep being productive and am running on some kind of adrenaline / cortisol diesel mix that I cant get out of my system.

Has anyone found anything that works for them?


  👤 hukuuu Accepted Answer ✓
Hi, two suggestions that work for me:

1) The Wim Hof method.

How to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCaZQqAs9I

Guided session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BNejY1e9ik

2) Reveri - self hypnosis app: https://www.reveri.com

Also, do you get enough sunlight during the day? They say it balances your circadian rythm.

Some other resources that might be helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1TxQj9IsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1TxQj9IsQ


👤 prirun
Are you sure it's related to working out? I'd stop workouts for a week, and if you still have trouble sleeping, at least you'll know it isn't related to your workout schedule.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fall-asleep-fast-sl...

https://medium.com/s/story/combat-tested-training-unwind-and...