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Amanda Norris · 08-31-2008, 04:28 PM

I'm going to be starting a new part-time job where most of my shifts will be in the evenings from about 6 - 11:30. I want to get up early in the morning and go running. So I thought biphasic might work best for me. I read several places about the 90 minute sleep cycle, so I'm going to try and make sure that my sleep times are in multiples of 90 minutes. At first I want to try and give myself lots of sleep time, like 7.5 or 9 hours total per day so that I don't feel sleep-deprived at all. Then I can probably reduce that once I get used to the schedule. I think I will try a core sleep of 6 hours from midnight to 6 am, with a 3 hour nap in the afternoon. I wonder how flexible the napping time can be. Will it still work okay if I have my afternoon nap as much as 5 hours later on some days? I would appreciate any feedback, advice, or encouragement. Thanks.

08-31-2008, 04:28 PM	#203 (permalink)
Amanda Norris Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver BC, Canada Posts: 39	Going to try Biphasic I'm going to be starting a new part-time job where most of my shifts will be in the evenings from about 6 - 11:30. I want to get up early in the morning and go running. So I thought biphasic might work best for me. I read several places about the 90 minute sleep cycle, so I'm going to try and make sure that my sleep times are in multiples of 90 minutes. At first I want to try and give myself lots of sleep time, like 7.5 or 9 hours total per day so that I don't feel sleep-deprived at all. Then I can probably reduce that once I get used to the schedule. I think I will try a core sleep of 6 hours from midnight to 6 am, with a 3 hour nap in the afternoon. I wonder how flexible the napping time can be. Will it still work okay if I have my afternoon nap as much as 5 hours later on some days? I would appreciate any feedback, advice, or encouragement. Thanks.