Fitness · by Thandi Mokoena · 2026-09-27

anyone else get weirdly sleepy after leg day

Not sore-sleepy the next day. I mean two hours later I could curl up on the gym mat and power down like a laptop. Food helps a bit but not much. Wondering if this is just heavy squats making my whole system log off.

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Jasmine Cruz · 23 likes

Mine always hits around the afternoon slump and feels personal.

Jonas Schneider · 9 likes

Hydration matters more than I thought. Same with not treating coffee as breakfast.

Chinedu Adeyemi · 7 likes

Could be under-eating, could be lousy sleep, could be just leg day being evil.

Rohan Mehta · 5 likes

Heavy compounds absolutely flatten me sometimes. Especially if I trained early.

Grace Parker · 4 likes

My post-leg-day personality is 'quiet man with a banana'.

Achieng Njeri · 0 likes

If it suddenly got worse or comes with dizziness, probably worth asking a professional, not us goblins.