2024-08-17 04:24:00
For those who have trouble fitting physical activity into their morning routine, new perspectives are opening up. Gerraldine Zamansky, a reporter for French Channel 5 health magazine, introduces us to a new study that can even allow us to sleep longer.
franceinfo: Finally, moving at night doesn’t harm sleep, a study suggests?
Geraldine Zamanski: Specifically, until now, any physical activity close to bedtime has been blamed for ruining the quality of sleep for the next few hours. The theory is that too much “high” in our bodies can slow down the calm we need to recover at night. But a team at the University of Otago in New Zealand conducted an original experiment on 28 young women that may well be lifting the ban.
They agreed to wear a sensor to track their sleep before and after two distinct evening programs from 5pm to 9pm. Or almost 100% sitting on the couch. Or conversely, move 3 minutes every half hour. Through small and simple movements, such as standing on tiptoes, imitating the example in the video. Results: After the second program, instead of sleeping worse, they slept longer. 27 minutes left! incredible results Jennifer Gale, the researcher behind the study. Their hope, she told me, was to at least show there was no degradation.
Why is it so important to prove this?
In fact, these results are a continuation of a first study by the same team that evaluated other benefits of these small nocturnal activities. Together, they can slow the “blockage” in the heart and blood vessels caused by a sedentary lifestyle. So here is a very simple way to fight modern diseases by just staying in your living room and without any equipment.
So successfully proving that it can even make you sleep more was the key Jennifer Gale sought, turning this finding into advice for us all to change our daily routines that tend to Made worse by the back-to-back episodes. From now on, with or without the help of a small alarm clock every half hour, the idea is to take a reflexive approach and walk a little, do a few dance steps or bend the legs for at least 3 minutes. The New Zealand volunteers moved for a total of 24 minutes and got an equal amount of sleep.
It is not possible at this stage to guarantee that this will be the same during any event. Today, Jennifer Gale can’t explain “how it works.” Further research will try to find out whether “good fatigue” is produced more by reducing a person’s stress or by this light physical training!
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