So as to get a good night’s sleep tonight I spent 65.58 minutes laboring on the ergs.
Labor doesn’t have to be extremely hard to act as a sleep aid, but it has to last a while. Thirty minutes or more seems to be the minimum for exercising aerobically to serve as an effective sleep aid.
Ergs have a magical effect on sleep if they are used for a sufficient time at a moderate aerobic pace.
Each of the two workouts today was done at RPE Level 2.
Perhaps you wonder why today’s blog post title mentions a $16.40 sleeping pill. Do you? The answer is this: if you were to assign a value of $15.00 per hour to the 65 minutes and 35 seconds work on the ergs today then the wages for that time would amount to $16.40.
You might favor different value for an hourly wage of physical labor, but the value of a good night’s sleep is priceless.
Happy rowing to you!