Do you lay in bed most nights, tossing and turning, while you wish you were actually sleeping? Or do you struggle to make it through the entire day without feeling as though you could climb into bed and immediately fall asleep? Whether you have trouble falling asleep, struggle to stay asleep, or just feel exhausted during the day, regular exercise can, and probably will, help improve the quality of your Zzz’s. In fact, just 150-minutes of physical activity each week, [30-minutes per day, 5 days a week], improves people’s sleep quality by an average of 65%! Researchers have found the correlation, but have yet to really nail down the cause. They speculate that the reason for the improvement in sleep quality may be related to the fact that exercise reduces stress, which can ease your mind as your head hits the pillow. Not to mention, exercise can help “use up” excess energy in general, making your body more ready and willing to recharge when the lights go out. It is worth noting though, that you may want to finish your workout/activities at least 3 hours before hitting the hay… Otherwise your endorphins may still be flowing too heavily and work against your quest for better shut-eye. Oh! And 1 more cool thing about sleep - it improves the results you achieve from your workouts, which makes a pretty solid case for the mutually beneficial relationship between exercise and sleep. So we can agree that both are extremely important, and neither are as effective without the other. That’s all you gotta do to be a dope human: earn quality dream time with your workouts, and then earn quality results from your workouts with your dream time, repeat. You’re welcome ;-)