poor sleep with lots of workouts?

[bounceswoosh]

Just wondering if anyone else has this --

This doesn't happen for any single workout, but if I'm working out a lot more than I usually do, I feel like I'm burning up (normally I'm freezing all the time), and I sleep poorly, tossing and turning all night. This happened again last night.

My workouts for the last week --

Thursday: rock climbing at the gym
Saturday: 30 mile road ride (new to road riding) and indoor soccer
Sunday: indoor soccer
Tuesday: 10-ish miles of mountain biking with plenty of climbing

That's not even a full week, and there are two days of recovery there, so why am I so beat? (Granted, that is a huge boost in how much I've been doing ... more common in the last few months would be one or two rock climbing sessions and one or two games of soccer).

I vaguely remember that poor sleep might be a sign of overtraining. Another part of me thinks, yay, my metabolism is working overtime burning off the fat, go me!

I don't think I'm dehydrated -- I had to get up to go pee an uncountable number of times last night, and this morning my scale still showed the high end of my normal range of water content.

[Veronica]

I always sleep poorly the night after a long ride. Taking a few Advil before bed usually helps me.

V.

[bounceswoosh]

I always sleep poorly the night after a long ride. Taking a few Advil before bed usually helps me.

V.

Thanks. Unfortunately I can't do NSAIDs (doctor's orders), so no Advil or Aleve for me =/

[mimitabby]

if you are exercising in the evening, it will disrupt your sleep.

Also, i don't know how old you are, but as you get older, "good sleep" becomes harder and harder to attain. especially if you're going through menopause.

about really hard workouts; it has affected my sleep too.

[Veronica]

If it's aches and pains keeping you awake, how about topical medications like Ben Gay?

V.

[redrhodie]

Reading "rock climbing" brought back memories of how I couldn't sleep when I used to climb. I think it was the adrenaline that that sport produced.

In fact, all of your sports are pretty intense! Maybe try some yoga or Pilates to calm things down a bit?