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Originally Posted by JoeBlogs  That sounds like a good idea, I will post brief summaries here as well as continuing the blog. I'm actually using the blog to help me get out of bed! I decided to make posting in my blog the first thing I do after waking up in order to hopefully give me a reason not to lie-in and remind me that I do want to get up!
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Day 1:
Core sleep: 02:00-07:00 (woke up an hour early as I messed up my alarm!)
Nap: 11:30-13:00 (woke up after 45 minutes but then went back to sleep)
I have felt fine throughout the day though maybe a little more tired than usual after 11pm. I am looking forward to my next core sleep which begins in 40 minutes. It's a bit annoying that my core sleep is a full 6 hours, I wish it was 4.5, but I think that I shouldn't try and push myself too much yet and plan on getting into the schedule before reducing the number of hours. |
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Originally Posted by JoeBlogs Day 2:
Core sleep: 03:00-08:00 (went to bed late and didn't get to sleep straight away so only got 5 hours again)
Nap: Didn't! (had forgotten about a meeting which got in the way and I was just too busy to find the time. But at least it shows that I can move a nap or not take one at all and still manage the day without too much tiredness.)
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Day 1:
Core sleep: 02:00-07:00 (woke up an hour early as I messed up my alarm!)
Nap: 11:30-13:00 (woke up after 45 minutes but then went back to sleep)
I have felt fine throughout the day though maybe a little more tired than usual after 11pm. I am looking forward to my next core sleep which begins in 40 minutes. It's a bit annoying that my core sleep is a full 6 hours, I wish it was 4.5, but I think that I shouldn't try and push myself too much yet and plan on getting into the schedule before reducing the number of hours. |
Hey JoeBlogs how's it going?
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Originally Posted by David Hausladen Biphasic Sleep, Day 12 (Day 3 on the revised schedule)
Another successful day. No tiredness in the morning this time, despite having gone on an even longer run than yesterday! Some tiredness after lunch--about 3pm--which I took an extra 25-minute nap to remedy. I'm thinking the flexible and optional 25-minute nap may become a staple of my schedule, since it helps with unpredictable bouts of tiredness that seem to be able to pop up at any time of day. As long as I stick to an average of one 25-minute nap a day, it shouldn't be a problem with adaptation or biphasic sleep in general.
A brief, totally unnecessary aside on terminology: I have my "core sleep" and "nap" and now another optional 25-minute sleep period that I ought to name differently to easily differentiate it from the others. I think the right term to use would be "catnap" ("powernap" would work too, but I think the term is too gimmicky). |
David-- The 25 minute nap idea is really interesting, I'm not sure how it fits in theoretically but I can see it being helpful...since it always used to be when I used 30 minute naps alone to "power up".... I take it you are still getting your 90 minute "biphasic nap" in the mornings? I wonder if the tiredness has to do with the timing of the longer stretch of wake time.
My long stretch is between 3:45am (or so) and 5 (+/-)pm. During this time, I'm real busy and involved with others or on active projects. Then when I get home, the first thing I want to do is zone out on the couch...So I wonder abt how the relationship between activity highs and sleep times works during the day in regards to energy level, wakefulness etc.
I'm still quite sure that a lot more than just sleeping times and durations, is involved here...