Absolutely agree that exercise is vital to good sleep and furthermore good sleep is vital to good health.
A few other sleep hacks:
- Sleep in complete darkness. Increases melatonin production. It's best if you can sleep until you wake up without an alarm which means not being disturbed by the sunrise. More reading on the link between darkness and melatonin: http://drbenkim.com/articles-sleep-darkness-prevent-cancer.h...
-Avoid blue spectrum light exposure for an hour before bed. Not sure if there is any research on this but it definitely does the trick for me. I bought a couple red light bulbs to use to catch up on reading. Now the red light is part of my routine that seems to just trigger me feeling sleepy as soon as I turn it on.
- Magnesium citrate before bed. Most people are deficient in magnesium anyway. Helps keep you regular and definitely knocks me out before bed. Check out Natural Calm.
A few other sleep hacks:
- Sleep in complete darkness. Increases melatonin production. It's best if you can sleep until you wake up without an alarm which means not being disturbed by the sunrise. More reading on the link between darkness and melatonin: http://drbenkim.com/articles-sleep-darkness-prevent-cancer.h...
-Avoid blue spectrum light exposure for an hour before bed. Not sure if there is any research on this but it definitely does the trick for me. I bought a couple red light bulbs to use to catch up on reading. Now the red light is part of my routine that seems to just trigger me feeling sleepy as soon as I turn it on.
- Magnesium citrate before bed. Most people are deficient in magnesium anyway. Helps keep you regular and definitely knocks me out before bed. Check out Natural Calm.