I find if I'm any lower than 6.5 hours in one night, I feel pretty terrible. I can get away with it now and again, but it's still pretty bad when it happens.
However, my ideal sleep appears to be 7.5 hours -- only one hour more than my apparent minimum. I wonder what my body is doing that makes such a difference in that extra hour(?)!
Anyone else?
6-7 hrs I don't like to be too awake at work - its boring enough as it is
I can go 2-3 days on 5-6 hours of sleep, but if it's more than 3 days I really start to slump.
I actually only get about three and a half hours a night, but I don't actually think I'm functioning. I'm a shadow of my former self.
Joe Theisman has been known to only sleep 1 1/2 hours per night throughout his playing career
Mick Lovin wrote:
Joe Theisman has been known to only sleep 1 1/2 hours per night throughout his playing career
never heard that before.
In 1981 he used to lift weights with the offensive linemen of the Redskins. It was reported that he could lift more weight in the back squat than the lot of them.
It depends how much I'm running. If I'm at 100 mpw or more I need at least 7 hours or I'm a zombie. Right now I'm at about 20 and can't fall asleep until 5 am most nights. I need to get my miles up...
Although the medical community wouldn't recommend this, I adjust my sleep based on what I have to do the next day. Generally, I need and enjoy 8 to 8.5 hours, but I can do just about anything but a lot of reading or math with little or no sleep for one night.
My work has some days that I know in advance are filled with simple tasks. When those days are coming, I'll get about two hours sleep the night before, doing something of great interest to me that I didn't have enough time for, then just gut out the next day, knowing I got to do something cool the night before with 5-6 bonus hours.
I keep great shows or movies on the DVR for that bonus time, or read an interesting book in the quiet of the night with no one disturbing me. Sometimes, I use that time to fix something or get some chores out of the way so the next weekend is clear. Between some useful stores being open all night and websites up for all but an hour or two, you can get a lot of your bills, shopping, letter writing and phone calls done in an overnight.
I'd rather stay up all night Thursday night to free up my weekend for fun or travel, when I know I can coast Friday and get plenty of sleep Friday night. Now, middle aged, I get an hour or two sleep instead of none, because it helps me be more productive later the following day instead of wanting to crash in the early evening. Then, the second night, instead of sleeping 10-11 hours, I sleep 8-9 and feel fine.
Bob Wildes wrote:
never heard that before.
In 1981 he used to lift weights with the offensive linemen of the Redskins. It was reported that he could lift more weight in the back squat than the lot of them.
Probably explains why they sucked and let him get his leg broken in half.
Personally Function wrote:
Although the medical community wouldn't recommend this, I adjust my sleep based on what I have to do the next day. Generally, I need and enjoy 8 to 8.5 hours, but I can do just about anything but a lot of reading or math with little or no sleep for one night.
My work has some days that I know in advance are filled with simple tasks. When those days are coming, I'll get about two hours sleep the night before, doing something of great interest to me that I didn't have enough time for, then just gut out the next day, knowing I got to do something cool the night before with 5-6 bonus hours.
I keep great shows or movies on the DVR for that bonus time, or read an interesting book in the quiet of the night with no one disturbing me. Sometimes, I use that time to fix something or get some chores out of the way so the next weekend is clear. Between some useful stores being open all night and websites up for all but an hour or two, you can get a lot of your bills, shopping, letter writing and phone calls done in an overnight.
I'd rather stay up all night Thursday night to free up my weekend for fun or travel, when I know I can coast Friday and get plenty of sleep Friday night. Now, middle aged, I get an hour or two sleep instead of none, because it helps me be more productive later the following day instead of wanting to crash in the early evening. Then, the second night, instead of sleeping 10-11 hours, I sleep 8-9 and feel fine.
Not everyone has an easy job like you. Some people have to work hard EVERY day.
The older I get the less sleep I need. In my 20's I was good for 8-9 hours a night, but two decades later and stuck at a job I dislike, it's about 4-5 hours of sleep between interruptions. My morning runs are like a cold shower and a slap in the face and render me functional for the day. Weekends, I'll often take a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoons.
'Not everyone has an easy job like you. Some people have to work hard EVERY day'
Like you are now
How hard is it to punctuate a sentence?
I ran a decent workout early this morning off of only 3.5 hours of sleep. I don't usually have trouble falling asleep, but last night it took hours to nod off.
I can function on 2-3 so long as I can sleep in on the weekends. But to function on this little, I have to have a dam good reason for doing so to motivate me, or I just shut down and sleep.
DocLove wrote:
'Not everyone has an easy job like you. Some people have to work hard EVERY day'
Like you are now
What does that have to do with me?
8 hr, 15 min -- just like Dr. William Dement prescribes.
What does function mean? If you desire to maximize your ability to process memories into long term store than 7 hours minimum is needed. If you are under physical and emotional stress and want to maximize your immune and recovery systems get at least 7 hours.
If your life demands are simple, 5 hours are more than enough.
Just like the man with the most brilliant mind in history, Albert Einstein, I need 10 hrs per night.
dfdffffffff wrote:
I find if I'm any lower than 6.5 hours in one night, I feel pretty terrible. I can get away with it now and again, but it's still pretty bad when it happens.
However, my ideal sleep appears to be 7.5 hours -- only one hour more than my apparent minimum. I wonder what my body is doing that makes such a difference in that extra hour(?)!
Anyone else?
Mate, I gut the same type of setup. I cannot properly funtion on less than 6,5 hours, but the longest a sleep on a regular basis is about 8. It's a bloody shame, though because there is really not much freedom to plan your week. I wish I could function for 3 or 4 days with only, say, 5 hours of sleep or so to then recover with on 10-hour night. But I just seem unable.