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trouble sleeping after big rides

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  • January 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm #23073
    snappyandrew

    Is it just me or does anyone else find that after a big ride or turbo session you wake up earlier than you would earlier? I would have thought that it would be the reverse.
    Could it be that my sore legs are waking me?
    Any thoughts would be interesting

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  • January 23, 2015 at 9:49 am #828225
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    Jimmy Ray Will

    Colin Peyresourde wrote:It’s

    Colin Peyresourde wrote:
    It’s probably a mixture of dehydration and raised metabolism. Make sure that you drink plenty and piss a few times before bed. The metabolic activity means that your body needs to process a lot of the bi-products and will do for hours afterwards. Your body turns into a sort of processing generator which needs to get rid of these and flooding your blood and in turn urine with this. Ensure that ship as much as possible of the bi-products out by drinking. Your raised metabolism will also make you dehydrate more quickly too. Something that will likely kick in during your sleep.

    This covers it very nicely… more than anything, really ensure that you have adequate fluids in you post exercise.

    January 23, 2015 at 12:00 am #828223
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    Colin Peyresourde

    It’s probably a mixture of
    It’s probably a mixture of dehydration and raised metabolism. Make sure that you drink plenty and piss a few times before bed. The metabolic activity means that your body needs to process a lot of the bi-products and will do for hours afterwards. Your body turns into a sort of processing generator which needs to get rid of these and flooding your blood and in turn urine with this. Ensure that ship as much as possible of the bi-products out by drinking. Your raised metabolism will also make you dehydrate more quickly too. Something that will likely kick in during your sleep.

    January 22, 2015 at 11:43 pm #828221
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    Heist

    Went for a ride last night,
    Went for a ride last night, got back about midnight and felt like I didn’t have much sleep at all. Got up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. I would have assumed the same as yourself; that I would have woken up late.

    January 22, 2015 at 9:22 pm #828219
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    The _Kaner

    I am the same, can never
    I am the same, can never sleep after a big cycle….mind you can’t really sleep anyway…seem to survive on about 3 hours max per night…

    January 22, 2015 at 6:52 pm #828217
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    ianrobo

    I wake up earlier but I see
    I wake up earlier but I see that as good news funny enough as your body is ready to go.

    January 22, 2015 at 6:15 pm #828215
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    CXR94Di2

    Is it sore legs, or possibly
    Is it sore legs, or possibly you are over training and not allowing enough time to recover. Do you know what your resting heart rate usually is? Is it still elevated the day after a hard session.?

    January 22, 2015 at 6:14 pm #828213
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    Quince

    I generally find the reverse
    I generally find the reverse unless I haven’t eaten enough before going to sleep. My stomach wakes me up in that case, and I sometimes lie in bed semi-conscious; too exhausted to move, yet too uncomfortably hungry to happily snooze. Unpleasant. I’m now more generous when it comes to ‘refuelling’ after a long or hard ride.

    That’s my personal experience… I’ve no idea if it’s relevant to you. Do you wake up feeling groggy and wishing you could go back to sleep, but unable to?

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