Jennifer Gale

Jul 21, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Jennifer Gale |Meredith C. Peddie

The quality and length of sleep can affect long-term health. Photo / 123rfNew research shows three-minute exercise sessions while relaxing at night can increase sleep times by as much as 30 minutes – challenging common advice about avoiding activity before bed. Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn’t have time to wind down before the lights go out.

Jul 21, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Jennifer Gale |Meredith C. Peddie

Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn't have time to wind down before the lights go out. But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with short bursts of resistance exercise can lead to longer periods of sleep. Adults spend almost one third of the 24-hour day sleeping. But the quality and length of sleep can affect long-term health.

Jul 19, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Jennifer Gale

By Jennifer Gale and Meredith Peddie* of Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn't have time to wind down before the lights go out. But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with short bursts of resistance exercise can lead to longer periods of sleep. Adults spend almost one third of the 24-hour day sleeping. But the quality and length of sleep can affect long-term health.

Jul 18, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jennifer Gale |Meredith C. Peddie

Exercising before bed has long been discouraged as the body doesn’t have time to wind down before the lights go out. But new research has found breaking up a quiet, sedentary evening of watching television with short bursts of resistance exercise can lead to longer periods of sleep. Adults spend almost one third of the 24-hour day sleeping. But the quality and length of sleep can affect long-term health.

Jun 1, 2024 | bmjopensem.bmj.com | Jennifer Gale |Jillian J. Haszard |Dorothy Wei |Rachael Taylor

DiscussionThis study appears to be the first to explore the effect of evening resistance exercise breaks on subsequent sleep quality and physical activity patterns in healthy adults. Our results indicate that performing regular activity breaks in the evening in a laboratory setting significantly improves free-living sleep period time and total sleep time.