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Originally Posted by Excelsius  I will change to biphasic and see maybe if I could do 2X 2hours a day. |
Great to see yet another person considering an alternative sleep schedule! If you have a few minutes to spare every day, please post your experiences in
this thread so that others can learn from them.
I would say to make your sleep periods multiples of the length of your sleep cycle--which for the average person is 90 minutes. From what I've read and experienced, you tend to wake most naturally and get the most energy from sleep if you wake at the beginning or end of a sleep cycle--those are the times when you're in the lightest stages of sleep. So if you're looking for about 4.5 hours of sleep a day, a 3-hour core sleep and 1.5-hour nap would probably be ideal.
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Originally Posted by Excelsius Anyone in here has successfully slept 5 or less hours a night with biphasic sleep? If so, could you provide details or links (if another thread)? |
Glen Rhodes
claims to do well on 5 hours of sleep daily, but he also says his sleep cycle has shortened to about 75 minutes (as opposed to the average person's 90 minutes), so he is still getting four cycles a day. I have yet to see an example of a person who does well regularly getting just three sleep cycles a day--which is the usual for 5 or less hours a night--but I also haven't seen too many detailed accounts of biphasic sleepers to begin with.
Good luck with your sleep!