Short HIIT sessions can offset sleep debt’s metabolic toll
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most people treat sleep debt as a tiredness problem. Get some extra rest on the weekend, recover, move on. The reality is messier. Missing sleep for several nights triggers a cascade of metabolic and cardiovascular changes that don’t reverse cleanly when you finally catch up. Research is pointing to a specific type of short, intense exercise as one of the more effective partial countermeasures. Why sleep debt compounds the way it does Missing an hour of sleep
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