Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you have a lousy nights sleep you’re better off exercising than not. It offsets some of the negative effects.
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If you have a lousy nights sleep you’re better off exercising than not. It offsets some of the negative effects.
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if you get one bad night's sleep should you skip your workout and you feel like ah you know I'm not feeling sick and should I work out or should I go back to sleep probably going back to sleep is the better idea but if you don't have the option to go back to sleep for whatever reason you can't fall back asleep then you would be wise to do a bout of exercise but I would suggest reducing the intensity and duration of that exercise by about 25% maybe even 50%
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