Hi
Approaching midlife I have started with cardiovascular training again; a combination of running and cycling. I was quite good at running some 20 years ago, and from my late 20s until now I have primarily worked out with weights.
I have always been a "late" trainer, and this has suited me well before. In my 20s I could complete a hard workout at 2300 hours, and feel perfect the day after.
Now I am experiencing some problems. This has happened 4-5 times now, so it seems like there is consistency.
I normally go to sleep at 2200 hours, and get up at 0515. I now run, or cycle, from 2000 hours.
I have tried to not start to hard, so my intensity is only maybe 60-70 percent of my max. The workouts only lasts from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
I do now, after these workouts, experience a more disturbed sleep. I dream a lot more than normal, and I kind of wake up several times for a couple of seconds, and feel that I do not "sleep as good" as normal.
I do not feel any more exhausted in the mornings than normal, but I often get brainfog the following day, and my general work capacity is reduced.
It is difficult for me, with kids and obligations, to be able to train before 2000 hours. What should I do? Should I try to reduce my workout sessions in regards to intensity or length? I am already, as mentioned, "taking it easy", but maybe I should take it even more easy? Is this my body just getting old?
PS! I am "normally" slim (a bit to high BMI, but that is because of muscle mass), and otherwise healthy.
Approaching midlife I have started with cardiovascular training again; a combination of running and cycling. I was quite good at running some 20 years ago, and from my late 20s until now I have primarily worked out with weights.
I have always been a "late" trainer, and this has suited me well before. In my 20s I could complete a hard workout at 2300 hours, and feel perfect the day after.
Now I am experiencing some problems. This has happened 4-5 times now, so it seems like there is consistency.
I normally go to sleep at 2200 hours, and get up at 0515. I now run, or cycle, from 2000 hours.
I have tried to not start to hard, so my intensity is only maybe 60-70 percent of my max. The workouts only lasts from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
I do now, after these workouts, experience a more disturbed sleep. I dream a lot more than normal, and I kind of wake up several times for a couple of seconds, and feel that I do not "sleep as good" as normal.
I do not feel any more exhausted in the mornings than normal, but I often get brainfog the following day, and my general work capacity is reduced.
It is difficult for me, with kids and obligations, to be able to train before 2000 hours. What should I do? Should I try to reduce my workout sessions in regards to intensity or length? I am already, as mentioned, "taking it easy", but maybe I should take it even more easy? Is this my body just getting old?
PS! I am "normally" slim (a bit to high BMI, but that is because of muscle mass), and otherwise healthy.