#80 - Weight Training and Sleep: Keep on Lifting

01/01/2024 25 min
#80 - Weight Training and Sleep: Keep on Lifting

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Episode Synopsis

Happy new year! It's 2024 and with a new year comes resolutions to join a gym and get into shape. The podcast has explored exercise and sleep relationships before, but is there a benefit to lifting weights? In this episode we will:Touch on current gym use statisticsRevisit the impact sleep has on weight training, recovery, and athletic gainsDetail the impact on specific strength training exercises and sleepUnderstand the impact of weight training on sleep quality and depression indicesLook at research showing sleep apnea improvement in individuals who weight trainProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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