A number of new studies are discovering more benefits of exercise, including an improved sex life and quality of sleep.
The National Sleep Foundation reports that exercise in the afternoon can help you to fall asleep faster, and also lead to deeper sleep. But, they caution, vigorous exercise leading up to bedtime can actually have the reverse effects.
A 2003 study, however, found that a morning fitness regime was key to a better sleep. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center concluded that postmenopausal women who exercised 30 minutes every morning had less trouble falling asleep than those who were less active. The women who worked out in the evening hours saw little or no improvement in their sleep patterns.
Although the ideal time for exercising may not have been established, but its benefits are universally agreed on, and these include weight loss, reduction in cholesterol, blood pressure and the risk of osteoporosis and diabetes. Now, however, there is increasing evidence that exercise can improve sleep, sex and help those trying to quit smoking.
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