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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Al-Gebra on October 21, 2007, 05:28:07 PM
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Seems like the most successful people I know can do this.
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As far as I am concerned, I think not. You can do it for quite a few days in a row but at some stage it catches up with you and you're forced to sleep like 10 hours one night to make up the deficit that has occurred.
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that might be the trick though . . . keep yourself going until the pressure lets up and you can then catch up.
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6 hours is plenty for an adult.
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yes
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As far as I am concerned, I think not. You can do it for quite a few days in a row but at some stage it catches up with you and you're forced to sleep like 10 hours one night to make up the deficit that has occurred.
This is an excellent idea, I usually sleep about 6 hours mon-sat, then on sun, I sleep about 10 hours, perfect.
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6-7 hours is plenty.
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Can u train yourself to function at a high level w only six hrs of sleep daily?
Everyone's genetics are different, and the amount of sleep required varies from person to person. Six hours isn't enough for me to function properly. Sure, I can do it for a day or two, but by day three I'm not functioning at my best and end up exhausted and fighting sleep in the early evening. I do know people who do just fine on 6 hours (or less), but I require at least 7 - 7 1/2.
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I know someone that needs only 2-4 hours of sleep a day because of his meditation techniques.
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6 hours? haha im down to 2 hours of sleep per night to speed up my posting on getbig
hardcore baby!
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I know someone that needs only 2-4 hours of sleep a day because of his meditation techniques.
margeret thatcher?
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Seems like the most successful people I know can do this.
I require atleast 12-14 hours of sleep a night for maximum GH releases.
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all getbiggers require 10 hours a night with a 1 hour nap during the day to maintain their 280lbs 8%bf status...
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been doing it since highschool
Didn't you just graduate this year?
You look like a little kid.
Don't get mad, I'm just asking. ::)
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Didn't you just graduate this year?
You look like a little kid.
Don't get mad, I'm just asking. ::)
im 17
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I cant tell you the last time I slept more than 6 straight hours without ambien, morphine or being drunk. I think I do allright performance-wise
Jason
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if you are awaken by your alarm clock you're not getting enough sleep.
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if you are awaken by your alarm clock you're not getting enough sleep.
Not always true, sometimes i wake up and im awake but i can't get out of bed and then i end up falling asleep for an additional 3 hours or so.
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sleep depends on how much food i'm eating... lotta food= lotta sleep. little food= little sleep.
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I sleep only six hours when work requires it. But I try to catch up on the weekends, and short 30 minute naps (one or two/day) help a lot. You can do a lot with a short nap.
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6-7 hours is plenty.
With 5 hours, I feel like I could take on the world. Anything more, I feel drained.
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I could sleep 8-10 hours a day if all I had to do was train and eat. With work I end up getting 6 hours during the week and (like others on here) I catch up on the weekend with 9-10 hours.
I think you CAN perform well on 6 hours sleep but you must catch up at some point.
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they say if you take a quick nap during the day you can function just fine on 6.
some people swear by polyphasic sleep, which is taking 4-6 naps during the day of 15-30 minutes at a time and that's all the sleep you get. so basically a total of 2-3 hours a day, split up throughout. that's the extreme version anyway, another protocol is 2-4 hours for your "core" sleep and then three short naps during the rest of the day.
i can't imagine adjusting to that, but if it's legit then i'd imagine you'd be pretty damn productive if you have 20 hours available during the day instead of 16. of course, i'm not sure i could find enough shit to do to fill up 20+ hours a day.
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i'm a zombie on 6 hours and always resort to coffee to keep going. i need 8, no more no less.
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they say if you take a quick nap during the day you can function just fine on 6.
some people swear by polyphasic sleep, which is taking 4-6 naps during the day of 15-30 minutes at a time and that's all the sleep you get. so basically a total of 2-3 hours a day, split up throughout. that's the extreme version anyway, another protocol is 2-4 hours for your "core" sleep and then three short naps during the rest of the day.
i can't imagine adjusting to that, but if it's legit then i'd imagine you'd be pretty damn productive if you have 20 hours available during the day instead of 16. of course, i'm not sure i could find enough shit to do to fill up 20+ hours a day.
Wouldn't having the ability to fall asleep 4-6 times in a day equate with being tired all the time? If somebody saw you take 4 naps in a day they'd think you needed more sleep!
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i'm a zombie on 6 hours and always resort to coffee to keep going. i need 8, no more no less.
Hah.. thats the other part of my story. The intensely heavy caffeine usage that I have going :(
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Wouldn't you need to be constantly tired to be able to fall asleep 4-6 times in a day?
it's a sleep pattern like any other. according to proponents you just train yourself to KO at a moment's notice for a half hour and wake up again no problems.
that's a big reason i can't even attempt it. when i lay down it takes me a good 45 minutes to drift off. but apparently you can "learn" to fall asleep in an instant even if you're not "tired". from what i've read, the transition period is pretty brutal.
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you can count your exhalations as you're trying to fall asleep (counting silently or under your breath as you exhale), concentrating only on the next number.
it's good for the mind and a great way to zone out when needed. ;)
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Yes you absolutely can, ...but I think it heavily depends on how much you tax yourself during your waking hours and whether what you do in your waking hours is more taxing mentally, or physically. or emotionally.
When I worked on set, I would do 15 - 16 hr days for days at a time and get by on 6 hours sleep a night (if I was lucky), but after a few days it always caught up with me, and I would sometimes be comatose for 2 days, only to turn around and do it again the next week. By the time the project was over, I'd end up comatose for a week.
For the past few years, I've regularly been operating on 6 hrs sleep, most frequently between 5am - 11am, or 6am - noon, and it's worked fine for me. As long as I cut out artificial stimulants like caffeine, I'm good to go. Sometimes I even function well on only 5 hrs of sleep. Whatever my body tells me I need, that's what I take. I tossed the alarm clock in 2002.
I don't think anybody who lifts should try 6 hrs though, especially NOT if your body is in a growth phase,
...I'd say take as many hours a night as your body tells you to take.
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Your body requires a certain amount of sleep. No matter how long you deprive it, it will always get what it needs. Do yourself a favor and get 7-8 hours a night and leave it at that.
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Seems like the most successful people I know can do this.
six hours of sleep lol? thats plenty...
i would understand the question if you were talking about 3-4 hours.
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5 hours is more than enough for an active person which means that bodybuilders require even less.
Bouncing a light weight for 1 minute and then resting for another minute isn't exactly hard work.
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As far as I am concerned, I think not. You can do it for quite a few days in a row but at some stage it catches up with you and you're forced to sleep like 10 hours one night to make up the deficit that has occurred.
I'm same way....I'llpullit off for 3-5 days but at some point boooom...lights out...14 hours of sleep
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I only sleep for 6 hrs...max
im on annual leave for a minute..
ima try sleep longer
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Join the military you'll learn. lol