Naptime is now a session offered at a chain of gyms in Britain, reports the Irish News.

Upon arrival in the studio members will find the spin-bikes swapped for single beds, and upbeat workout tunes ditched in favour of atmospheric sounds.

The studio temperature will also be dropped to a level that promotes calorie burning during sleep.

Recent research revealed a ‘tiredness epidemic’ across the UK, with 86% of parents admitting to suffer from fatigue, with 26% regularly getting less than 5 hours sleep a night.

Some 19% of parents admitting to having had a kip work, 11% having found themselves drifting off while driving, and 5% having forgotten to pick up their child from school due to their tiredness.

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