Originally Posted by
dazed
I don't know about the oxygenation of ones brain.
When I was on the swim team we had practice a 1.5 hour on M-T-T-F-S and on the days after practice I would fall into a deeper sleep than usual, I think from the exhaustion of swimming and tring to maintain body temp and possibly the breath holding. We never sat still or anything, and the pool was always very cold. At anyrate my dreams were far more vivid when I was swimming regularly than when not. I am planning on swimming competitivly again this winter, so I can be more scientific about this.
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