The Effect of CBD on Sleep Quality Following Late Evening Exercise

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures 2. Use of highly effective methods of birth control during the entire trial and for up to 4 months after the last dose of CBD; defined as those that, alone or in combination, result in low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly; such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some IUDs, true sexual abstinence (i.e. refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the Trial treatment(s)) or commitment to a vasectomised partner. 3. Age between 18-40 years old at the time of signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF) 4. Recreationally active (between 2-8h/wk) 5. Good health status confirmed by a sport medical screening 6. Body fat percentage below 20% (males) or 25% (females) as estimated by a Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan 7. Good sleep efficiency determined by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI, score ≤ 4) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Self-reported sleep disturbances 2. Habitual smoking (\> 1 occasion/month) 3. Any kind of injury/incapability that is a contra-indication to perform high intensity interval training 4. Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential and not using an adequate, highly effective contraceptive. A woman is considered of childbearing potential (WOCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. 5. Participation in another interventional Trial with an investigational medicinal product (IMP) or device 6. Use of CBD related products 3 months prior to the start of the experimental trial (including CBD oil, cannabis or other substances containing cannabinoids) 7. Intake of any medication or nutritional supplement that influences sleep quality 3 months prior to the start of the experimental trial 8. Shift workers or extreme morning and evening chronotypes (scores between 16-30 or 70-86 on the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ))