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3 workout mistakes that are ruining your sleep

Nypost · · 604 words · By Allie Yang
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3 workout mistakes that are ruining your sleep See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Working out before bed might seem like a no-brainer.

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Clear your head, expend extra energy — and collapse, feeling accomplished, for a good night’s sleep.

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Claim 1: “A study from last year that looked at four million nights of sleep found that the more strenuous the workout, the later the person fell sleep, the less they slept overall, and the more their sleep quality was disrupted.”
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Multiple sources report on research (specifically mentioning Monash University) that links strenuous evening workouts to later sleep onset, shorter duration, and lower sleep quality.
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web search NEUTRAL — Exercise too close to bedtime may affect sleep duration, timing and quality, new research led by Monash University has found. More strenuous workouts closer to bedtime coincided with greater disruptio…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-bed-linked-disrupted.…
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web search NEUTRAL — Specifically, intense evening exercise was linked to later sleep onset, shorter sleep duration, lower sleep quality, and elevated heart rate during the night.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/study-finds-evening-workouts…
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web search NEUTRAL — Late Workouts Delay Sleep and Reduce Sleep Duration.Sleep efficiency dropped progressively as exercise strain increased. The study found a 5.6 percentage point decline in sleep quality when maximal ex…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/one-c…
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Claim 2: “Dr. Shelby Harris, a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist at BetterSleep”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm Dr. Shelby Harris is a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist associated with BetterSleep.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saving Hope is a Canadian television supernatural medical drama that debuted on the CTV and NBC networks simultaneously on June 7, 2012. The show's central character is Dr. Alex Reid (Erica Durance), …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended college…
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Claim 3: “These [high intensity interval training, hard running and intense cycling] all keep your body from naturally cooling down and slowing heart rate during sleep”
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The provided evidence consists of workout videos and general HIIT descriptions, but none of the sources discuss the physiological effect of these exercises on cooling down or heart rate during sleep.
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web search NEUTRAL — 20 MIN INTENSE HIIT WORKOUT - ALL STANDING - Full Body, No Equipment, No Repeats. Oliver Sjostrom. 6.7M 1y ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0uO8X3_tEA
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web search NEUTRAL — How a HIIT Running Workout Can Boost Performance. Adding high intensity intervals to your running workout can improve your running in several ways. 1. Boost speed and power.
https://www.bodi.com/blog/hiit-running-workout-for-beginners
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web search NEUTRAL — Hiit Workouts To Get Your Heart Rate Pumping. 25 Minute HIIT Workout – Runnin’ for Sweets | Hiit workout, Hiit, What is hiit.HIIT IT HARD - 15 Mins High Intensity Interval Training.
https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/high-intensity-interval-trai…
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Claim 4: “moderate aerobic exercise, like brisk walking, cycling, swimming or jogging, is consistently associated with improved sleep quality and can help people fall asleep more easily and spend more time in restorative deep sleep”
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Multiple sources confirm that moderate aerobic exercise (walking, jogging, swimming, cycling) is associated with improved sleep quality, faster sleep onset, and better sleep outcomes.
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web search NEUTRAL — exercise types sleep aerobic strength training yoga stretching sleep exercise.The most common forms of aerobic exercise in daily life include brisk walking, jogging, swimming, cycling, jump rope, aero…
https://slumbercopilot.com/en-US/articles/exercise-types-sle…
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web search NEUTRAL — Evening exercise can improve sleep if it’s moderate and finished 60–90 minutes before bedtime. Benefits include better sleep quality, faster sleep onset, and reduced stress. Avoid high-intensity worko…
https://rest.com/blogs/sleep/evening-exercises-working-out-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Moderate aerobic exercise is repeatedly associated with improved sleep outcomes, including better self-reported sleep in clinical populations. It’s also one of the easiest ways to build sleep pressure…
https://www.restorganic.com/blogs/blog/deep-sleep-and-exerci…
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Claim 5: “caffeine... can stay in your system for hours.”
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While Wikipedia confirms what caffeine is and its toxicity, the provided evidence does not specifically mention the duration (half-life) it stays in the human system. One result refers to computer software called 'Caffeine'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The most common sources of caffeine for human consumption are the tea leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and the coffee bean, the seed of the Coffea plant. Steeping the plant product in water—a pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
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web search NEUTRAL — Caffeine toxicity, also known as caffeine overdose, is a state of intoxication caused by excessive caffeine. This intoxication covers a variety of unpleasant physical and mental symptoms associated wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine_toxicity
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web search NEUTRAL — If you have problems with your PC locking or going to sleep, caffeine will keep it awake. It works by simulating a keypress once every 59 seconds, so your machine thinks you're still working at the ke…
https://zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/
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Claim 6: “Vigorous exercise can disrupt sleep close to bedtime because it temporarily puts the body into a more alert state”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'vigorous' and does not provide scientific or medical evidence regarding the body's alert state or sleep disruption.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 26, 2026 · vigorous, energetic, strenuous, lusty, nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force. vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or rob…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigorous
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web search NEUTRAL — VIGOROUS definition: 1. very forceful or energetic: 2. healthy and strong: 3. very forceful or energetic: . Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vigorous
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web search NEUTRAL — Vigorous is a description for something strong or enthusiastic. It comes from the French word vigour, meaning "liveliness, activity." An active, physically energetic person is vigorous, and mental act…
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vigorous
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Claim 7: “There are other ingredients that can stimulate the body as well, like “synephrine, yohimbine or large doses of green tea extract, which may increase alertness and interfere with sleep,””
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Evidence confirms synephrine is a stimulant found in bitter orange and is used in drug products; other sources link it to metabolism and blood pressure effects consistent with stimulant properties.
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web search NEUTRAL — Synephrine, or, more specifically, p-synephrine, is an alkaloid, occurring naturally in some plants and animals, and also in approved drugs products as its m -substituted analog known as neo-synephrin…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synephrine
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web search NEUTRAL — Complete Synephrine information pack. Includes Synephrine FAQs, benefits, recommended dosages, possible side effects and huge Synephrine product listing.
https://www.muscleandstrength.com/supplements/ingredients/sy…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 10, 2026 · Synephrine is a stimulant found in bitter orange. Learn how it affects metabolism, blood pressure, and what the research says about its safety.
https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-synephrine-effects-doses…
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