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For sure the workout is the cause. Maybe its adrenaline. I lay here feeling invigorated. Heart rate is up. Feels more chemical than physical. The only medication I ever take is ibuprofen but ive been doing that for years.

Made it to sleep after 2am. Here it is 5:30 and I'm ready to rock and roll. Almost like somebody is spiking my water with caffeine.

For sure, I ain't buying it. Adrenalin rush only lasts for a short period of time and then you crash.

I know my body and sleep patterns wayyyyyyy better than you do. Whatever it is, it is workout induced. Guarantee you i will sleep like a baby saturday and Sunday night (workout mon-fri).

If your heart rate hasn't returned to normal within an hour or so after exercise then it's time to see a Doc, because something abnormal is going on. If that is the case then exercise induced long term elevated HR may may be a signal to have one check you out. Good luck.

One of the proven tenets of better sleep is more exercise.

If I train within a couple hours of bed I have trouble sleeping. I will have trouble sleeping if I'm overtraining as well, but can really tell when that's the case....don't feel good at all.

As long as you're feeling good during the day I'd keep training. It may take a while for your body to get used to the changes (?). If it starts catching up with you take a break or change it to two days lifting per week to see if it makes a difference (?). Try eating a big bowl of fruit and cottage cheese or a turkey sandwich before bed. You could use the protein overnight for rebuilding muscle and some of the protiens help you sleep.

No matter what, I'd use it as an excuse to wake the wife....

Good advice. Thanks Jay.




Great advice. We are on the same page.

My experience mimics JCMCUBIC. I also concur with his advice.

Just got back into the gym yesterday after a few days off, poked myself in the eye with a spruce branch on Tuesday, got an abrasion on my cornea. It's healing well but what a miserable injury.

Did upper body. Since shoulder surgery I've been doing most exercises one-armed, and increased the strength in my good arm by 10-20%. The recovering shoulder is up to around 50% of the weight I used to lift pre-surgery. The goal is to be able to do 10-12 pullups.

I also have trouble sleeping if I work out late. It's not adrenalin, but it's something. Maybe endorphins? I'd say, if you feel good during the day what's the issue? Maybe you're one of those lucky people who doesn't need much sleep, and it just takes a good amount of exercise to bring that out. If not, it'll catch up and you'll find yourself napping during the weekend.

No doubt traning late can mess with ones sleep.

That was not the case. HR still elevated long after exercise. Why?

Looking at the computer/Ipad screen at 1am is not the best way to relax and get rest. Google same and read what it does to melatonin levels.


All go thru periods of not sleeping well, hope he returns to normal quickly.

battue, the ONLY change in my routine for the last 10 years is lifting weights hard. I hear you on the computer screen, but it has never effected me. None. I cannot believe that it is just coincidence that I changed nothing about my daily life, other than lifting weights at lunch, and all the sudden I have trouble sleeping.

I'm rooting for ya. Running on empty is a bitch.

It was Saturday so no workout. Hit the bed at 10:30pm last night, asleep within three minutes, woke up at 6:30am in the same position as when I went to sleep. 8 solid hours, slept like a rock.

I snuck in a few miles at my local state park with a 50# pack.

5 rounds for time:
15 hanging knee raises
5 squat snatches - 135#
15:03

Cardio today, an hour of intervals with a 5-minute cool down in the middle and at the end. Plus shoulder re-hab stuff.

21-15-9
row for calories
jumping chest to bar pullups
wall balls - 20#

9:24

Lower body/core today, my legs feel like rubber.

Front squats with standing press 60 lbs x 10, then 10 Kettle bell swings 45lbs x 10. Repeat x 10.

Seated barbel curls 25lbs x 10, then BP 135lbs x 10. Repeat x10.

Throw in some lunges, box step-up, fast air squats.

Tried not to watch this nymph just burn up a hard core leg/butt workout. Mostly failed in doing so, but I did compliment her and got a big smile and a thanks.

Friday
Bleachers- 4 sets of 6, 4 sets of 7

Saturday
Bleachers- 6 sets of 5 with less recovery

Monday
snatch squats
dips
kettle bell swings
plank roll outs on stability ball
squats with db press
v sit ups
push press

3 rounds for time:
30 squats
19 power cleans - 135#
7 ring rows
run 400m

27:04