gzar
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Yeah, this is the exercise forum...but getting quality sleep is crucial for overall health & well-being, exercise recovery, mood and energy levels.
I have been working rotating shifts, rotating days off on a weekly basis for the past 23 years. So getting quality sleep is a constant struggle. Likewise I work in a safety related position with the FAA so efforts to stay mentally sharp & alert can often spill over into poor sleep, like using too much caffiene or too close to sleep times.
I went to my doc for help with this about 7 years ago, i now take a sleeping pill every sleep time, and enforce a 8hr sleep window daily, along with other measures.
A couple weeks ago my girls bought me a fitbit versa that does the sleep monitoring along with heart rate & other fitness tracker stuff. I was very interested to see how my now-honed sleep routine is comparing to the average, non-shift worker.
I am pleased; some data that matches how I feel. Looking forward to sharing this with my doc.
Anybody else using a fitness tracker & doing sleep monitoring?
I have been working rotating shifts, rotating days off on a weekly basis for the past 23 years. So getting quality sleep is a constant struggle. Likewise I work in a safety related position with the FAA so efforts to stay mentally sharp & alert can often spill over into poor sleep, like using too much caffiene or too close to sleep times.
I went to my doc for help with this about 7 years ago, i now take a sleeping pill every sleep time, and enforce a 8hr sleep window daily, along with other measures.
A couple weeks ago my girls bought me a fitbit versa that does the sleep monitoring along with heart rate & other fitness tracker stuff. I was very interested to see how my now-honed sleep routine is comparing to the average, non-shift worker.
I am pleased; some data that matches how I feel. Looking forward to sharing this with my doc.
Anybody else using a fitness tracker & doing sleep monitoring?