New research suggests that strength training may be a power\u00adful sleep aid.<\/p>\n
The older we get, the worse we sleep, note the authors of a sweeping 2025 systematic review of insomnia sufferers<\/a> age 60 and older. Almost half of all seniors complain of sleepiness, and up to 20 percent experience insomnia.<\/p>\n Evidence links sleeplessness to depression, anxiety, and other mental health concerns; metabolic syndrome<\/a>, hypertension, and heart disease; and cognitive decline and other issues.<\/p>\n Past studies have found that exercise can help older adults overcome insomnia. But the authors of the 2025 review sought the most effective type of movement. They analyzed strength training; aerobic and endurance activities, such as cycling, dancing, running, swimming, and gardening; and combination exercises like Pilates and tai chi that mix aerobic, strength, balance, and flexibility work.<\/p>\n They concluded that while all forms of exercise helped improve sleep quality<\/a>, resistance training stood out as the most effective.<\/p>\n The authors did note that further study is needed because exercise routines were not necessarily comparable or consistent across all\u00a0studies.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared as \u201cStrength Train for Better Sleep\u201d in the November\/December 2025 issue of<\/em> Experience Life.<\/p>\n The post How Strength Training Supports Better Sleep<\/a> appeared first on Experience Life<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New research suggests that strength training may be a power\u00adful sleep aid. The older we get, the worse we sleep, note the authors of a sweeping 2025 systematic review of insomnia sufferers age 60 and older. Almost half of all seniors complain of sleepiness, and up to 20 percent experience insomnia. Evidence links sleeplessness to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-life"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 19:53:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}