Who cares? How long does Djokovic sleep? That's the question.
Who cares? How long does Djokovic sleep? That's the question.
sdfasfdf wrote:
Who cares? How long does Djokovic sleep? That's the question.
Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic may have had an uncharacteristically short path to the U.S. Open semifinals in this year’s tournament thanks to three of his five opponents stepping down from play with injuries (automatically giving Djokovic those wins).
But getting to the final match and getting the title in the days ahead will undoubtedly call on the top-ranked tennis pro’s diligent preparation. And he has not been shy to say that prep happens as much off the court as it does on.
He is well-read on body awareness and mindfulness, ESPN has previously reported. He drinks lukewarm water during matches because cold water idles for
too long in the stomach. And his spare time is actually carefully calculated by one of his trainers (and is actually his “recovery time”).
And he’s adamant about getting plenty of sleep ― aiming to go to bed between 11 p.m. and midnight, and wake up at 7 a.m. ― he revealed in his 2013 book, “Serve to Win.”
Sleep expert` wrote:
Turn off all the lights, tv, phone, and close all the shades.
Go to the bedroom. Get in the bed. Close your eyes. Relax. Go to sleep.
Sounds nice on paper wrote:
Not everyone is so lucky to be able to sleep well. I've been dealing with insomnia for around 20 years or so and every night is difficult. I've tried everything under the sun and I've even flown to go see a top notch sleep specialist for a sleep study but nothing seems to work (not even sleeping pills).
I get anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours of sleep per night (maybe 3-3.5 on average). Every once in a while I'll get lucky and grab 5 hours but that is fairly rare. Also, this is almost never uninterrupted sleep. The longest I can typically go without waking up is 2 hours. Needless to say, this impacts my running as well as every other aspect of my life but at this point I pretty much just accept it for what it is.
What wakes you up. Are you thinking about things?
You need to be calm and restful to sleep, with your mind completely calm and relaxed.
When your head is buzzing with adrenaline, then it's quite hard to sleep and/or to get back to sleep.
Sleep is all in the mind and the body. there is nothing mysterious about it.
Also consider, when you sleep you are free. You can travel anywhere, you can do anything when you sleep. I learned that at a very young age, and there's much more to it. However, the point is that you have total control of this, and just need to practice and work on it.
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
In college when I had insomnia I probably averaged about 4hrs a night for about a year and a half. I felt tired but did not really impact my running much. I get by now on about 7hrs. Rarely sleep more than 8, even on weekends with no alarm. Even on workdays I wake before my alarm 75% of the time.
Sleeping Stars wrote:
He's not the only one.
Good suggestions:
To help him doze longer, Verlander uses blockout blinds. When there aren’t any in his hotel room, he uses pillows to pin the shades shut. He also puts his cellphone on silent or on airplane mode to avoid distractions.
Verlander is also careful about other aspects of his body. He focuses on joint mobility and recovery rather than lifting weights during the season. He uses the elliptical or stationary bicycle as cardiovascular exercises to avoid the wear on joints that running causes.
dunes runner wrote:
Sounds nice on paper wrote:
Not everyone is so lucky to be able to sleep well. I've been dealing with insomnia for around 20 years or so and every night is difficult. I've tried everything under the sun and I've even flown to go see a top notch sleep specialist for a sleep study but nothing seems to work (not even sleeping pills).
I get anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours of sleep per night (maybe 3-3.5 on average). Every once in a while I'll get lucky and grab 5 hours but that is fairly rare. Also, this is almost never uninterrupted sleep. The longest I can typically go without waking up is 2 hours. Needless to say, this impacts my running as well as every other aspect of my life but at this point I pretty much just accept it for what it is.
What wakes you up. Are you thinking about things?
You need to be calm and restful to sleep, with your mind completely calm and relaxed.
When your head is buzzing with adrenaline, then it's quite hard to sleep and/or to get back to sleep.
Sleep is all in the mind and the body. there is nothing mysterious about it.
Also consider, when you sleep you are free. You can travel anywhere, you can do anything when you sleep. I learned that at a very young age, and there's much more to it. However, the point is that you have total control of this, and just need to practice and work on it.
I realize that you are trying to be helpful but it's very easy to write a few sentences and assume that you know the answers to my issue. No offense but do you honestly think that you've written anything that I haven't already considered or tried? Oh, I see... I just need to be calm and restful. Why didn't I think of that? That will probably do the trick. I'll start on this right away. And to think that I've wasted the last twenty years not working on trying to fix the problem. :)
Sounds nice on paper wrote wrote:
I realize that you are trying to be helpful but it's very easy to write a few sentences and assume that you know the answers to my issue. No offense but do you honestly think that you've written anything that I haven't already considered or tried? Oh, I see... I just need to be calm and restful. Why didn't I think of that? That will probably do the trick. I'll start on this right away. And to think that I've wasted the last twenty years not working on trying to fix the problem. :)
All you're doing is proving that I'm right.
You can't just say oh you read it on a piece of paper.
You're thinking too much, you're making excuses and your mind is too busy.
You didn't even answer my question. If you actually did these things you'd be sleeping.
Sounds nice on paper wrote:
Sleep expert` wrote:
Turn off all the lights, tv, phone, and close all the shades.
Go to the bedroom. Get in the bed. Close your eyes. Relax. Go to sleep.
Not everyone is so lucky to be able to sleep well. I've been dealing with insomnia for around 20 years or so and every night is difficult. I've tried everything under the sun and I've even flown to go see a top notch sleep specialist for a sleep study but nothing seems to work (not even sleeping pills).
I get anywhere from 90 minutes to 4 hours of sleep per night (maybe 3-3.5 on average). Every once in a while I'll get lucky and grab 5 hours but that is fairly rare. Also, this is almost never uninterrupted sleep. The longest I can typically go without waking up is 2 hours. Needless to say, this impacts my running as well as every other aspect of my life but at this point I pretty much just accept it for what it is.
Having you looked into becoming a vampire?
dunes runner wrote:
Sounds nice on paper wrote wrote:
I realize that you are trying to be helpful but it's very easy to write a few sentences and assume that you know the answers to my issue. No offense but do you honestly think that you've written anything that I haven't already considered or tried? Oh, I see... I just need to be calm and restful. Why didn't I think of that? That will probably do the trick. I'll start on this right away. And to think that I've wasted the last twenty years not working on trying to fix the problem. :)
All you're doing is proving that I'm right.
You can't just say oh you read it on a piece of paper.
You're thinking too much, you're making excuses and your mind is too busy.
You didn't even answer my question. If you actually did these things you'd be sleeping.
Oh boy. You're one of "those guys" that thinks they have all of the answers before they even know what the question is or, even worse, when there is no question.
I didn't answer your question because it's not pertinent to my situation, plus I didn't ask for assistance in the first place. My sleep trouble is tied to physical injuries that I sustained that resulted in severe tinnitus (a contributing factor but not the main one) as well as a few other issues that make sleeping difficult. That's it. The end. It's not tied to a racing mind or to not trying hard enough or any of the other simplistic things that you suggested from your Sleep 101 workbook.
Again, I appreciate that you took the time to offer up what you thought were solutions but not everything can be boiled down to "your mind is too busy" etc.
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