most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-20T01:42:51Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/68500 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/68500/light-exercise-before-bed-does-it-need-recovery Paleo-ish 2011-10-04T02:05:31Z 2011-10-04T02:20:41Z

<p>So, somewhere on here or at Dr. K's site, in the context of not eating for several hours before bed, he (Dr. K/Quilt) commented that to increase fat burning, you could do some exercise right before bed. He specifically said push-ups, and I may be making up the addition of squats. </p> <p>At any rate, I've been enjoying reading on the exercise bike right before bed (going slow, not cardio) and then last night decided to do 20 push ups and 20 squats right afterwards.</p> <p>Easy peasy, right?</p> <p>But normally if I'm doing body weight reps, I do them every other day (or 3) b/c I know you're supposed to recover.</p> <p>So my question is...does that small a number of reps require a recovery period if you do it nightly? I find it incredibly relaxing and fell asleep seconds after my head hit the pillow. But I don't want to do it nightly if it's actually counter productive. </p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/68500/light-exercise-before-bed-does-it-need-recovery/68503#68503 citrusfire 2011-10-04T02:17:04Z 2011-10-04T02:17:04Z

<p>No, you don't really need to worry about recovery at that level of exercise. It's more therapeutic than anything.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/68500/light-exercise-before-bed-does-it-need-recovery/68504#68504 Tom R. 2011-10-04T02:20:41Z 2011-10-04T02:20:41Z

<p>It sounds about like taking a walk after dinner to me. No need to recover after walking, I hope.</p>