Splattered Angst

The last couple of months I have really been having some issues falling asleep at night and this past week I figured it out as I was sitting at my dining room table at about midnight [I actually laid down to go to bed before 9:00 and gave up after 2 hours - and no, caffeine is not the issue. I generally avoid beverages of that sort 4-5 hours before bed]: I have not been making myself tired enough in my workouts. It has been a bit of a vicious cycle that I have recently came to grips with. I have backed off the cardio quite a bit over the last couple of months in order to save muscle that I have been working to build, but it has become apparent to me that the 5 minute warm up before weight training and 5-10 minute cool down after weight training is not enough to make my now ramped up metabolism chill when it comes time for sleep. So the last week I have been making it a point to really do things that are going to run me down some. Jogging more and swimming [some laps - mostly sprints]. I am finding after adding this element back into my workout that fall asleep has really not been hard and I am waking without the alarm clock in the morning. Very cool - problem solved!

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