New research out of Monash University in Australia finds that people who go to bed earlier tend to have a more active lifestyle, reports MedXpress. The research, which looked at the amount of sleep people got and when they got it, as it relates to activity the next day, was just published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.,
The researchers looked at data from 20,000 people who wore a WHOOP for one year. They found that physical activity tended to be greater among the people who went to sleep at 9pm than the people who went to sleep at 1am. Indeed, the early-to-bedders engaged in about a half hour more of moderate to vigorous physical activity the following day.
As compared to the folks who went to sleep at 11pm, those who went to sleep at 9pm engaged in about 15 minutes more moderate to vigorous physical activity the following day.
The thinking is that people who go to sleep later tend to be sleepier the following day. As a result, their sleep quality might not be as good as those who go to sleep earlier; they are less willing and have less time to engage in physical activity the following day.
People who go to sleep later can actually improve their sleep regimen. All they need do is go to sleep earlier than they tend to and sleep as much as they generally do. They then tend to have high levels of physical activity the following day.
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