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Polyphasic Sleep Week 8 and 9

Chris — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:31:29 +0000

I have been quite busy lately so i had to skip 1 week of updates.

I actually do have some news this time around. The everyman2 was working out quite well with usually only 1 over sleep per week. But, I have decided to get serious with my workout and put on some muscle rather then just exercise to loose weight. As a result on the nights following Weight training i over sleep and get a full 8 hours. I wont say its impossible, but its improbable to keep up with any kind of polyphasic sleep schedule and get the kind of recovery needed for serious heavy weight training. So for now i basically over sleep 3x per week on the nights following the workouts and manage to follow the regular everyman2 on the rest of the days. Its a bit odd but it seems to work ok for now. Once I'm done gaining weight i may be able to switch back to a full everyman2 or even 3 again.

If you have any questions or input of your own leave me comments.

Polyphasic Sleep Week 8 and 9 is a post from: Unlocking the Human Potential - Emerald Wolf

Polyphasic Sleep Week 7

Chris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:38:46 +0000

So the new Everyman2 schedule is working out great. I have had a few over sleeps and some weird habit of sleeping in after my 7 am nap on weekends. But other then that it has been very smooth. Easy transition coming from Everyman3.
So far its turning out excellent for exercise and diet. It seems to have enough rest and time spacing to get everything just right. I can eat at the right intervals and workouts fall just on the right times too. I still have a bit of a problem getting motivated to get out of bed at 3:30 but the results are worth it. Everyman2 feels less like polyphasic sleep though. The core nap is almost as long as a short Monophasic sleeper and the 2 naps don't really impact my day much. So i doesn't have as much novelty as everyman3 but on the flip side the social impact is minimal and it seems to integrate with the rest of the world very well.

I think over all Everyman2 is a very sustainable Sleep schedule for the years to come.

Polyphasic Sleep Week 7 is a post from: Unlocking the Human Potential - Emerald Wolf

Polyphasic Sleep Week 6

Chris — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:35:12 +0000

All in all a good normal week on the polyphasic sleep schedule.

Flipping between everyman3 and 2 seems to work pretty well. The reason for this is exercise and its supplements. Some of the supplements I take keep you awake for longer than 5 hours. So sometimes I just cant fall asleep during 1 of the naps and that pretty much turns the next day into a everyman2 to recoup some of the time lost. Its much harder to stay dedicated now that the 30 day experiment is over and It has turned into something habitual. I actually am less tired usually, its just so easy to not get up. Its getting a bit colder outside so its much easier to stay in my warm bed. Even with all the redundant alarms I had one 8 hour oversleep this week. I keep some warm clothes near my bed now to make it easier to get up in the cold.

Starting today I'm going to experiment more with a pure Everyman2 schedule to see if I could stretch 2 naps apart enough to get an 8 hour window. Why stick with what works ? Where is the fun in that, haha.

So my new schedule will be:

Core: 4.5 Hours 11pm – 3:30am

Nap1: 25 mins 7am – 7:25am

Nap2: 25 mins 4pm – 4:25pm

This has some significant benefits that could be very useful to a lot of people. There is a 8 hour window without any nap interruptions for work. And another big window in the after noon for exercise or other activities. The early morning time frame is a bit smaller but It was my least productive time so thats fine. And 3.5 hours is plenty to prepare for the day maybe do some cardio.

Polyphasic Sleep Week 6 is a post from: Unlocking the Human Potential - Emerald Wolf