have any of you been successful at getting by with less sleep?!!!???

[phyxsius]

I also heard that less shower will help you to maintain your mass than letting it washed away

[benchmstr]

i have a rare form of insomnia and i only sleep 4-5 hours a week and i don't get sleepy at all but my case is severely diffrent than all of your

[Jr. Yates]

I like setting an alarm for about 8.5 or 9....anymore and im tired and lazy all day.

[littleguns]

Personally if I take a 15-20 minute power nap every 3 hrs, I only need to truly sleep maybe 2-3 hrs a night...

[danielson]

Personally if I take a 15-20 minute power nap every 3 hrs, I only need to truly sleep maybe 2-3 hrs a night...

my friend Cosmo would sleep 20 munutes every hour, he got bored with the free time, though.

[MidniteRambo]

my friend Cosmo would sleep 20 munutes every hour, he got bored with the free time, though.

BRILLIANT! (Did he wake up in a sack in the east river after his girlfriend thought he died?)  Thanks for the Seinfeld reference.

[littleguns]

Actually only once and thank god only once I fell into such a deep sleep coma they thought I was dead..

And in case I forget...Happy Festivus to you all!

[danielson]

I sleep till I get up and then take naps as needed. I usually don't go to work till the evening, about 5 or so. My doctor has me on Valium so maybe thats why i sleep so well.

[Dos Equis]

Sleep is very important IMO.  GH is released while you sleep.  You recover and grow while you sleep.  I actually feel my best when I get 8 or 9 hours (which usually only happens on the weekends). 

[Bluto]

interesting topic.

how about this:

"Although it’s a common belief that 8 hours of sleep is required for optimal health, a six-year study of more than one million adults ages 30 to 102 has shown that people who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate.

Individuals who sleep 8 hours or more, or less than 4 hours a night, were shown to have a significantly increased death rate compared to those who averaged 6 to 7 hours. "

read full article here:

http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0215021.htm

[Dos Equis]

interesting topic.

how about this:

"Although it’s a common belief that 8 hours of sleep is required for optimal health, a six-year study of more than one million adults ages 30 to 102 has shown that people who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate.

Individuals who sleep 8 hours or more, or less than 4 hours a night, were shown to have a significantly increased death rate compared to those who averaged 6 to 7 hours. "

read full article here:

http://unisci.com/stories/20021/0215021.htm

"Although the data indicated the highest mortality rates with long-duration sleep, the study could not explain the causes or reasons for this association."

[AVBG]

6-7 hours per night

[blondmusclhunk]

7 hours is best for me.  If on the weekend i perhaps sleep too much I become more tired.  Too much sleep is not good either.

[migizi]

I have an overnight part time job at Home Depot....maybe 5 hours of sleep broken into 2 segments,,,,when I get home and before I go in....I lift during lunch hour of my day job....been working for me....plus 80% of my job is lifting doors, cement blocks so I get 2 good workouts a day.

[danielson]

I have an overnight part time job at Home Depot....maybe 5 hours of sleep broken into 2 segments,,,,when I get home and before I go in....I lift during lunch hour of my day job....been working for me....plus 80% of my job is lifting doors, cement blocks so I get 2 good workouts a day.

damn bro, you were blessed with some good natural energy, all that work, five hours sleep and working out during lunch? much props!

[WOOO]

I'm a big baby and need about 9 hours to feel best.  Everyone's different, but you do require less when you get older.

if you were beside me jez, I think I'd spend 12 hours a day in bed....  not much sleeping going on though 


with that said... i can't sleep more than 6 hours a night... body just refuses