Walks and Walking: If you don't walk regularly, add a  good night's sleep to the long list of benefits for beginning to walk. Walking and sleeping just seem to go together!

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Walks and Walking

Walking and Sleep Benefits
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By DH Owens

Walking: The fact that walking improves sleep seems like common sense. Common sense that ts supported by exercise research.

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If you don't walk regularly, add a  good night's sleep to the long list of benefits for beginning to walk. 

It may seem like the fact that walking improves sleep for all of us, including insomniacs, is just common sense. Recent studies do support the commonsense view that walking and other exercise  improves sleep. 

Research also shows that people who exercise often take less time to fall asleep than people who don't.

And walking can help you spend more time in deeper stages of sleep. This is important because waking up is more common during the lighter stages of sleep. 

One caution, though. Timing is a factor, too. A brisk walk close to bedtime may cause you some problems with sleep. If you've been walking close to bedtime and having trouble falling or staying asleep, or even having problems with insomnia, arrange your walk earlier in the day. Try that brisk walk in the afternoon for several weeks to see what happens.

There is some evidence that exercise promotes sleep by heating the body and/or brain. This hypothesis is consistent with evidence that even passive body heating, by a hot tub or sauna, for example, can increase slow-wave sleep. 

Walking for fitness:

Why not try a brisk walk in the afternoon instead of a coffee break? 

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