Post WO nap

[anthrax]

When I train in the morning I sometimes (depends on the intensity of my WO) feel a urge to take a nap about 4 hours after my WO.

And if I'm not doing anything to stimulate me (ie I'm passively browsing the Net or watching TV) it then becomes difficult to keep my eyes open - pretty nice feeling BTW

What about you?

 

[cwc73]

Yea, that nap is bliss. I was told it could acutally be good for you to take a nap for about 45-hour. This is because your test levels are susposed to be highest while asleep, and an increase in test directly after workouts can't be a bad thing at all. However, if you sleep longer that an hour you are susposed to fall into deep sleep which can alter your natural sleeping habits (make you stay up at night). For me, sometimes, I will intend on sleeping for about an hour during the day, but I'll wake up after about 25-30 minutes and be completly energized (this just happened, so I'm about to go hit some deadlifts ). Hope this helps some readers; I'm sure you already knew most of this. You da man!

CWC

 

[eat big]

Could be your body needing sugar. I get that sometimes.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Yeah, low blood sugar is common after workouts. 3 tbsp of dextrose pre-workout fixes me up good, though.

 

[blut wump]

You're just getting old.

I think actually it's really common. I always try to take a good jolt of coffee after a workout to stave it off else I have trouble doing any hard thinking for the rest of the day. A friend of mine who does martial arts says he suffers similarly after a class. There's a slight but noticable loss of mental acuity and, like you mention, often a tendency for tranquility to lead to slumber.

 

[d3track]

i work out in the evening, so i am out just a few hours after training

 

[Synpax]

When I train in the morning I sometimes (depends on the intensity of my WO) feel a urge to take a nap about 4 hours after my WO.

And if I'm not doing anything to stimulate me (ie I'm passively browsing the Net or watching TV) it then becomes difficult to keep my eyes open - pretty nice feeling BTW

What about you?

I'm guessing the nap is unrelated to your workout. I get the same thing. In other places people take a 'ciesta.' I often take a 30 minute snooze under my desk before I go workout.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

How in the hell do you sleep under a desk?

 

[anthrax]

It is workout related

I don't think it's hypoglycemia/insulin related
I thought it was more plain regular fatigue/CNS exhaustion

 

[blut wump]

It is workout related

I don't think it's hypoglycemia/insulin related
I thought it was more plain regular fatigue/CNS exhaustion

That's always been my belief too.

 

[eat big]

But cant low blood sugar be a result of working out?

 

[KillahBee]

After a really intense morning workout I usually have to fight not to just crash. My entire body just feels like shutting down. This happens a lot after my PWO shake, so I always figured it was just a crash of the CNS

 

[seizer]

I heard that sleeping after taking you pwo is bad. Like, I remember reading that you should try not to fall asleep after the insulin spike from the dextrose (considering you use it in your pwo). Can anybody elaborate?

 

[TheOak84]

i would, if i didnt work right after

 

[cwc73]

i would, if i didnt work right after

I mean, is there anything better feeling that a pwo nap? Nope.