sleeping immediately after exercising

ninerbuff

Lol, he's a professor? For some people it might be even more beneficial............................you can't eat while sleeping.

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peaclifehealth

I think OP is referring to a nap, not going to bed for the day. On days you work out an hour (say you burn 500 calories) you feel like taking a two hour nap (during nap say you burn 100 calories at rest). Days you don't work out, you are awake doing things (ie-burning more calories- say 400 in place of the two hour nap plus one hour workout). Workout day-burned 600 calories in same 3 hr frame as non workout day where you would burn 400. So what your professor said would make sense if you wanted to maximize your total calorie burn for the day. I have often thought of the same thing,

chrismellor01

Slightly related - you can improve your condition whilst sleeping if you dream of improving your condition...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/2013/jul/31/dreaming-help-you-run-faster

Article from The Guardian (also reported in Daily Fail at same time so your mileage may vary).