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Intense Night Workouts Linked to Sleep Disruptions

3/16/2025

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Intense workouts, like kickboxing, before bed can wreak havoc on your sleep, warns Professor Kevin Morgan from Loughborough University. While it was once believed to avoid all exercise three hours prior to sleep, new findings suggest that lighter activities might be fine. However, heavy exercise can still trigger insomnia by putting undue stress on the body.

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Intense workouts, like kickboxing, before bed can wreak havoc on your sleep, warns Professor Kevin Morgan from Loughborough University. While it was once believed to avoid all exercise three hours prior to sleep, new findings suggest that lighter activities might be fine. However, heavy exercise can still trigger insomnia by putting undue stress on the body.