I did a very hard dropping ride and at first had a lot of trouble falling asleep, later I woke up after 4 hrs of going to bed because I was very hot and drenched in sweat. I was not covered in any blanket and the room’s window was open therefore the room temp was not high. I could not fall back asl…

Yup. I don’t do hard workouts in the evening for that very reason. Don’t believe there is any other solution!

Several existing discussions. Hard Workout Insomnia Sleep issues after VO2 Max work Struggling to sleep after threshold workouts Insomnia affecting training Hard time sleeping after workout due to legs being on fire

I have been using the Withings sleep mat for the last few weeks and my average heart rate for the nights of my workouts/rides is always higher by approximately 4-6 bpm. I’m a light sleeper anyway, so a bump in HR is definitely felt. Edit: Forgot to mention my bike work is done in the mid-morning.

I usually nap after a race as I had to wake up super early, and by super early I mean 7AM. <_< Since March Ive been getting up at 9 every day

After the three hardest races in my life (12+hrs) I was awake practically all night. Exhausted, but wired. No explanation, but you’re not alone.

Thanks a lot everyone, so apparently is a common thing, this makes me less worried, maybe eating a bit more and going to bed a bit later could help. I wonder how tour de france riders do hard ride day in day out and recover :see_no_evil:

I was suffering from this last week, have also pretty stressful business environment. I noticed being angry on every small thing. Sleep was declining in last three weeks around 1h. My training plan is around 6:30 h / week but with nice weather outside i also increased the time i spent on my bike out…

I get this and so does my partner. I’m on meds which effect my hormones and get the same feeling from a week to 3 weeks post injection. There’s a drop in hormones for both male and female after hard work outs. A hunch more than a solution.

I am glad you found a solution by reducing intensity, but to me it looks like eating by feeling hunger is not the right approach because many time I have to push myself to eat after hard workouts, precisely I have the suspicion I did not eat enough carbs after the dropping ride which is why my corti…

Meh. completely normal, in my case too. Go play some adult hockey with ice time beginning at 10pm. You’ll be off the ice by midnight but literally unable to sleep until 5am. Between that and my cycling, my family just loves my hobbies. :exploding_head:

Trouble sleeping after hard ride/race

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mcneese.chad July 1, 2020, 2:56am 3

Several existing discussions.

Hard Workout Insomnia
Sleep issues after VO2 Max work
Struggling to sleep after threshold workouts
Insomnia affecting training
Hard time sleeping after workout due to legs being on fire

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