Not sleeping well? Try some resistance training


By AGENCY

Doing some strength training exercises could help you to sleep better at night. — AFP

According to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022 held on March 1-4, strength-training exercise could be better at promoting sleep than aerobic exercise.

Regularly doing resistance training could help you gain up to 17 minutes of sleep every night, according to the study’s findings.

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