It was discovered that frequent exercisers had a 42% lower risk of experiencing difficulty falling asleep and a 22% lower risk of reporting any symptoms of insomnia.
Long-term exercisers had a 55% higher likelihood of becoming regular sleepers—getting six to eight hours each night—than non-exercisers.
Consistent exercisers had a roughly one-third (29%) lower likelihood of being short sleepers (less than six hours per night), according to the study, which was published in the BMJ Open journal.
Additionally, they had a 52% lower likelihood of getting a lot of sleep—more than nine hours every night.
They were also questioned about symptoms of insomnia, including difficulties falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, waking up too early, and the length of time they typically slept.
Physically active people were defined as those who worked out for at least an hour, twice a week.
Researchers classified those who remained at this level ten years later as chronically active (25%) and persistently non-active (37%).
The majority of people who were consistently active were from Norway, whereas the most of people who were consistently inactive were from Spain and Estonia.
