Little tricks to sleep better
Along with training and diet, rest is another cornerstone for our health. Sleep is important in both the quantity and quality, so you have to take into account a number of factors that improve the hours of rest.
The first thing is to know how many hours you have to sleep to rest completely. There are many theories, but nearly all have one thing in common: from 7 to 8 hours daily sleep is optimal to get the rest in an average adult. So 8 hours sleep before the alarm goes off is the best way to make sure the hours of rest, regardless of the time reading, listening to the radio or watch the computer.
If it costs us concilicar sleep is important to make a relaxing routine before going to bed , take a relaxing bath, brush your hair, reading a book, listening to soothing music. Anything goes to go to bed relaxed and reconcile the dream as soon as possible.
Do not train just before going to bed . Especially if the training is very intense. A low-intensity physical activity will help you fall asleep, but when it becomes about 2 hours or more before going to bed. If that day we have crushed much better to be 4-5 hours before going to sleep, but fatigue make it difficult to break.
Same goes with food, it is not advisable to finish eating and go to bed immediately. The stomach needs blood and if we fall asleep, the whole body will relax and digestion will be heavier. Not to mention the heavy dinner, a real nuisance to get sleep. The ideal is to eat lightly 2-3 hours before going to bed.
And finally get to speak to the bed and pillow. It it worth spending some money to improve the quality of our rest, after all this translates into improved quality of life and this is priceless.