How Can You Get More (and Better) Sleep?

Before you can get a good night’s rest, you have to be comfortable. A cool, dark, quiet bedroom helps eliminate any environmental stimuli that can interfere with sleep. Athletes, who may experience soreness, aches, or injuries due to training, may sleep better with an adjustable bed that can change position depending on pain points.

After comfort, it’s all about developing healthy sleep habits:

• Keep a consistent bedtime and wake up time
• Give yourself extra time in bed to fall asleep and wake up
• Develop a relaxing bedtime routine
• Eat a light, healthy dinner
• Avoid screen time two to three hours before bed
• Avoid stimulants for four hours before bed

Better sleep could have big payoffs in your next competition. The best part is – who doesn’t love more sleep? So, make sure to make the time for the rest you need.

Stacey L. Nash is a Seattle area writer for Tuck.com whose insomnia led her to research all aspects of sleep. With a degree in communications from the University of Puget Sound, she helps put sleep into the forefront of the health and wellness conversation. When not researching and writing about sleep, she spends time with her husband and four children on their heavily-wooded, twelve-acre piece of heaven.