Comments on: Polyphasic Sleep Day 25 http://www.emeraldwolf.com/polyphasic-sleep-day-25/ Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kiyote http://www.emeraldwolf.com/polyphasic-sleep-day-25/comment-page-1/#comment-39 kiyote Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:30:48 +0000 http://www.emeraldwolf.com/?p=167#comment-39 I know a lot of people disagree with me, but I am a firm believe in scheduled oversleeps. I look at it this way, sleep deprivation is a lot like lifting weights. Your body needs a bit of recovery time before it can move on to the next level. You wouldn't lift the same muscle groups three days in a row; this has the same effect on the body. So how do you adapt to this as a normal pattern? I always did a overshoot and step back. When adapting to everyman, I do three days of cutting sleep and then take a step back. So, say your core is seven hours, Day 1 sleep 6.5, Day 2 6, Day 3 5.5. Day 4 6 Day 5 5.5 and on. This extra sleep makes the body think it's catching up and adapt quicker. If you want naps to be more effective, I would try three days of doing only 10 minute naps. Then when you go back to 20 they should feel a lot more fulfilling. My 2 cents at least. Thanks for blogging about this! It's great to see another person's experiences! I know a lot of people disagree with me, but I am a firm believe in scheduled oversleeps. I look at it this way, sleep deprivation is a lot like lifting weights. Your body needs a bit of recovery time before it can move on to the next level. You wouldn’t lift the same muscle groups three days in a row; this has the same effect on the body.

So how do you adapt to this as a normal pattern? I always did a overshoot and step back. When adapting to everyman, I do three days of cutting sleep and then take a step back. So, say your core is seven hours, Day 1 sleep 6.5, Day 2 6, Day 3 5.5. Day 4 6 Day 5 5.5 and on.

This extra sleep makes the body think it’s catching up and adapt quicker. If you want naps to be more effective, I would try three days of doing only 10 minute naps. Then when you go back to 20 they should feel a lot more fulfilling.

My 2 cents at least. Thanks for blogging about this! It’s great to see another person’s experiences!

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