Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-30 | Page 4 | Exercising at Bedtime Isn't Conducive to Sleep

: Exercising at Bedtime Isn't Conducive to Sleep Right or Wrong About People Br DONALD A. LAIRD There art about five million persona in the United State who will have difficulty going to sleep tonight Somewhere around 10 per cent of these will be somewhat apprehensive about this apparent ap-parent trouble and usually their apprehension is groundless. ' A favorite home remedy to help go to aieep is to take a brisk walk Une or some ener-' ener-' . getle setting-up Ol a . exercise at bed- Series uTh; notion which leads to exercises to prepsre for better sleep Is that the workout will make people so tired they will sleep like a puppy which has flayed itself out. This notion Is wrong on severs! counts. Genuine physical fatigue often keeps people awake, resulting result-ing In muscular teneeneas rather than relaxation. The before-go-Ing-to-bed exercises msy make one wider awake than not taking them. In addition, what usually keep people from going to sleep promptly prompt-ly on going to bed are thoughts, lingering excitement, even worry sbout not going to sleep. Physical exercise will not Changs these con-dllluns, con-dllluns, The best preparation for a night of good sleep is to cslm down mentally. men-tally. Relaxation for a half hour before going to bed will encourage encour-age this. Exciting reading, stimulating radio programs, entertaining conversation con-versation and parties are natural enemies or sleep. They put the mental machine In high gear while It should be In low geer to get In the proper frame of mind for going go-ing to sleep and for sleeping without with-out disturbance the night through. The aame works with children as with adults. A bedtime romp Is much enjoyed by the youngsters but it is not good for their sleep. By all means, have the riotous romp with them, but time It ao there will be a half hour for them to calm down before going to bed. The old-time lullabies were helpful help-ful for sleep since they had calming calm-ing powers. So, don't take that workout Tune In some lullaby music on the rsdio Instead. NEXT! Why don't mere married meat ge craayf