Please note: Thursday 6am RPM - 7am CORE - 8:45am BALANCEyoga ONLY today...
no evening sessions.
Have you woken up LOADED with ENERGY today?
Can sleeping too much make you tired?
Ever noticed that you feel more tired when you sleep in (say, on the weekends) than you do when you get up early?
1. Oversleeping is often a response to undersleeping
Some people sleep 10+ hours on weekends because only sleeping six or less during week.
“tired after sleeping a lot, maybe you still haven’t paid back your sleep debts from prior nights“ If you are very sleep deprived, it takes several days to get back on track and ‘catch up.’”
2. Sleeping in can disrupt sleep-wake signaling.
If you usually wake at 6 am, sleeping in on the weekends will disrupt your brain’s ability to release the neurochemicals needed for that refreshed, ready-to-slay-the-world feeling.
“It’s really more about sleep timing than sleep amount. “The brain’s timing cues are being disrupted.”
Among those timing cues:
✅ Overhead and outdoor light that sets your brain’s circadian clock
✅ The blaring noise of your alarm clock that triggers the release of cortisol and other alertness chemicals
✅ Conversations with others in house, that nudge you to “wake up! think!”
✅ Caffeine
✅ That feeling of being rushed as you race out the door
When you occasionally oversleep, you deprive your brain of some or all of those cues. Some of the wakeup signals might not take place at all.
End result: you feel tired.
