Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Short bouts of light activity in the evening, which you can do while watching TV, can help you sleep better, research suggests.

Trying to get a good night of shut-eye can be trickier than it looks. Juggling sleep, fitness, work and time with friends and family can be exhausting. Often, sleep is what is sacrificed, despite its ...

Sleep guidelines have long warned against exercising before bed, but new research suggests that the relationship between evening workouts and sleep is more nuanced. Several large studies now show that ...

Ever crawled into bed after crushing a late-night workout only to find yourself staring at the ceiling for hours? You’re not alone. The relationship between evening sweat sessions and sleep quality is ...

Resistance exercise ‘activity breaks’ at night may improve sleep length, suggest the findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

Evening exercise is safer for sleep than many people think. Moderate evening exercise generally does not disrupt sleep and may improve it. High-intensity workouts late at night can delay sleep; finish ...

When you’re exhausted, starting a new exercise routine may sound like a nightmare, but a new study suggests getting active could be the secret to a good night’s sleep. Scientists in China reviewed ...

Simon Spichak finished his MSc at University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his ...

When it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, the standard advice is to wind down and shut off screens an hour before your bedtime. And while sleep experts still recommend this, new research suggests ...

If you’d like to sleep well tonight, you should probably avoid exercising this evening, especially if your workout will be intense. That’s the takeaway from a new study of almost 15,000 active men and ...