Build Muscles For Better Sleep

If you're having trouble sleeping at night, doing some resistance training or muscle strengthening exercises during the day may help.

- Beth Weinhouse

Build Muscles For Better Sleep

As many as 20 per cent of people over 60 suffer from insomnia, and about twice that number report feeling sleepy during the day. A systematic review published in the journal Family Medicine and Community Health considered data from 25 studies involving more than 2,000 people. The analysis found that while all exercise can help with sleep, exercise that builds muscles—whether using weights or using the body's own weight as resistance (such as doing pushups or planks)—is most effective.