Sleep

[SevenStar]

Okay, now for the reason of this post.... I just read a study that said people who only got 7.5 hours of sleep for a little a three nights show elevated levels of cortisol - a hormone that increases blood sugar interferes with memory slows muscle building and promotes obesity. The subjects' results returned to normal almost immediately after having a 9 hour sleep.

I knew lack of sleep could be detrimental, but I had no idea that the effects of missing that 1.5 hours of sleep were so dramatic.

Looking at the poll here, many of us aren't getting adequate sleep.

[Justa Man]

was 9 what they suggested we sleep? i've heard that the body goes in and out of deep sleep every 3 hours. so 6 hours would be better than 7 or 8 cuz you awake at the end of one of the cycles.

[anerlich]

I probably sleep 9 hours once every three months, if that.

I'm generally comfortable with 7, though I can get by with 6 and still feel OK.

I'm a programmer, memory and reasoning are important, and I've not had a problem so far. I'm still pretty shredded physique-wise at 47, too.

My wife needs about 9 on weekends.

I had a boss once who boasted he only slept 5 a night. He didn't count the other 2 a day he got falling asleep in meetings.

I think that, like diet, there are large amounts of variation in what individuals can and cannot subsist (or thrive) on.

[SevenStar]

yeah, there is variation among individuals. I'm really not a sleeper myself either.

The study was involving subjects with 7.5 hours of sleep and 9 hours of sleep. I think the gist of it is that the more sleep you get (to an extent) the better off you are.

[Leonidas]

I sleep anywhere from 5-12 hours. Sometimes i stay up for a day at a time. I just cant get a good night of sleep. Even when i sleep 12 hours i wake up 3 to a dozen times a night. I'm actually tired right now after sleeping 11 hours........... well more like laying in bed for 11 hours, half the time I was bearly asleep, and i would wake up about every hour and steer at the clock for 20 minutes then doze off again. I think i need a Doctor.

[DelicateSound]

I used to get less than 3 hours a night. I just couldn't sleep. I thought that I was stressed or something, and tried EVERYTHING (runs at 4am!!!)

In the end - I bought a new bed yesterday. A lovely pocket-sprung £500 Comfilux. last night I got 13 hours sleep!!!

B e a u t i f u l .

Hopefully it's done the trick.

[Yung Apprentice]

9-12 hours I sleep on average.

[Oso]

anyone manage to get 9 hours of sleep a night on a regular
basis?

How many of you guys that claim 9 or more have regular jobs?
How much do you train?
Sifus...how many hours do you teach...and probably work
another job too????

sorry, I CRAVE a good nights sleep

Leonidas, i'm with you man, I can't sleep for s__t either a lot
of the time.



But.....I'm better off with 5 vs. 6 hours and if I don't have to set
and alarm then I usually wake at 4 hours and then 7.5

[Yung Apprentice]

I have a job. But currently am not training. When I do start I'll prolly knock off a few hours and sleep about 7 hours a day. But working graveyard can be tough. So I sleep alot.

[Qi dup]

I sleep a good nine hours a day. I have a regular job, I plow snow. On those days I'm up by 2:45. I get home a 6 pm sometimes. Then a sleep a few 9-10 hour nights when it's not snowing. In the summer I stayed up really late every night and worked a regular 8-4 painting house. I was tired all the time and it took me like a month of good sleep before I wasn't tired all the time. I get a lot more sleep now that i don't have a girlfriend.

[Yung Apprentice]

AH yes! Girlfriends can keep someone up! Bow chcka wow wow!!!!!

[Justa Man]

Bow chcka wow wow!!!!!

bwaaahahahahahhaha!

[Wu Wei]

you liked that too eh justa?

Yung, when I read that, I almost spat nachos on my monitor.
I have a friend that used to always do that, and it cracked me up every time.
Bow chcka wow wow!!!!!
I'm just impressed that you managed to articulate it so well.

[Nexus]

My post was a bit of a joke. Seriously though about 1-2 hours previously spent on sleep is now spent on meditation. I probably get 3-5 on average in a day, but once a month or so I do usually sleep for 15-20 hours, your body tells you when it needs it.

[Yung Apprentice]

LOL!!!!!