Opinions of Latvian fitness trainers about the impact of sleep and physical activities on sleep quality

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    Objectives. To find out the sleep habits and opinions of Latvian Fitness Trainers about the impact of physical activity on promoting quality sleep.

    Materials and Methods. Quantitative research. Pilot survey. 40 certified Health Sports specialists/fitness trainers participated in the study: aged 24-50, 28 women and 12 men. The survey was performed remotely on the Google platform. Google form and MS Excel were used for data processing.

    Results. 95% of respondents believe that the quality of sleep is affected by various factors, and one of them is physical activities of various intensity, which significantly improve the quality of sleep with the exception of AIIT high intensity training before sleep, in the late evening hours. In general, 97% of respondents rate their sleep quality as very good, good and satisfactory. Physical activities of the respondents: most of the respondents conduct trainings 3-6 hours a day, in addition, they themselves engaged in physical activities 3-4 hours a week. Sleeping habits of the respondents: almost half of the respondents spend 6-7 hours a day sleeping, 37.5% 7-8 hours, 40% of respondents manage to fall asleep in 15-30 minutes, 32.5% in up to 15 minutes and 27.5% in 30 -60 minutes. 45% wake up only with the help of alarm clock: 25% wake up 1 time a night, 20%, 7.5% 2-3 times and 2.5% more that 3 times a night, which indicates a sleep disorder; 67.5% of respondents do not sleep during the day, 25% sleep for 15-30 minutes and 7.5% for 30-60 minutes.

    Conclusions. The quality of sleep depends on several factors: the environment, physical activity, sleep mode and others. The majority of respondents spend 6-7 hours a day sleeping, 67.5% do not sleep during the day and 45% wake up only with the help of alarm clock. The majority of respondents believe that the different physical activities performed at different times of the day improve sleep quality, except for high intensity interval training (AIIT) before sleep, which significantly worsens sleep quality. The interaction between physical activities and sleep is direct: physical activities improve sleep and quality sleep promotes the ability to perform physical activities of various intensities.
    Period27 Mar 202331 Mar 2023
    Event titleRSU Research Week 2023: Research Week 2023 Rīga Stradiņš University
    Event typeConference
    OrganiserRiga Stradins University
    LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionInternational

    Keywords

    • Latvian fitness trainers
    • physical activities
    • sleep quality