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I always wonder about these people who claim to have adjusted sleep cycles (i.e. 28 hours). Personally I find that I also drift to staying awake later and late

by kirse 17y ago

I always wonder about these people who claim to have adjusted sleep cycles (i.e. 28 hours). Personally I find that I also drift to staying awake later and later if I'm not exercising during the week. If I get in a solid hour workout daily (like I usually do), I'm out like a light in 5 minutes as soon as it's time for bed. Do enough physical work during the day and your body will have no problem passing out because it's simply exhausted. I also love how he labels the 8-hour sleep "the waste". Any other athletes here will confirm that you can't possibly recover, build muscle, and have the energy for hard workouts with 20 minute naps during the day. Polyphasic sleep might allow one to just barely function, but it's hardly functioning at your best.

miracle 17y ago
How do you know that your muscles only recover during night and not during day. You could still lay on the coach and read a book and your muscles would recover as well, or not?
- mbrubeck 17y ago
  According to the NIH, Sleep is one of the events that modify the timing of secretion for certain hormones. Many hormones are secreted into the blood during sleep. For example, scientists believe that the release of growth hormone is related in part to repair processes that occur during sleep. http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/info-sleep.htm http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guid...
  - jordyhoyt 17y ago
    Right, and what first came to mind for me was Melatonin. I was looking into sleep hacks a couple years back and studying up on Melatonin drove me away from trying out anything that would disturb a "normal" amount of time sleeping in the dark. I remember seeing a study that linked a lack of Melatonin production to some kinds of cancer. Can't seem to find it now.
  - scott_s 17y ago
    That NIH page on sleep is fascinating.
Aximilation 17y ago
That's actually a really good point, I just posted on my blog (blog.aximilation.com) an article about how I got sick and polyphasic sleep was not enough for my body to get the rest it needed at the time. (article: http://blog.aximilation.com/blog.php?title=the-sickness&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 http://blog.aximilation.com/blog.php?title=the-sickness&...) Excerpt: "...if you begin working out, do some hard labor, experience a lot of stress or get sick, your body may need more downtime, physically, in which case a polyphasic schedule may not be sufficient..." You may or may not be functioning at your best, puredoxyk, one of the pioneers of polyphasic sleep is very active in kung fu and various physical activities and has no trouble. I would not say that it's hardly functioning at your best, it depends on what your body needs, what it is used to, and also your lifestyle.
abossy 17y ago
Jay Cutler (Mr. Olympia 2006, 2007) is reported to sleep no longer than 3 hours at a time with his weight-lifting regimen. It's not polyphasic, but it's entirely possible to build muscle with a reduced sleep schedule. Old FHM Article http://forum.bodybuilding.com/archive/index.php/t-3330281.html http://forum.bodybuilding.com/archive/index.php/t-3330281.ht... Source found Googling http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_3_22/ai_n6108187/pg_2/?tag=content;col1 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_3_22/ai_n6108... (bottom of page)

by kirse 17y ago

miracle 17y ago

How do you know that your muscles only recover during night and not during day. You could still lay on the coach and read a book and your muscles would recover as well, or not?

mbrubeck 17y ago
According to the NIH, Sleep is one of the events that modify the timing of secretion for certain hormones. Many hormones are secreted into the blood during sleep. For example, scientists believe that the release of growth hormone is related in part to repair processes that occur during sleep. http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/info-sleep.htm http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guid...
- jordyhoyt 17y ago
  Right, and what first came to mind for me was Melatonin. I was looking into sleep hacks a couple years back and studying up on Melatonin drove me away from trying out anything that would disturb a "normal" amount of time sleeping in the dark. I remember seeing a study that linked a lack of Melatonin production to some kinds of cancer. Can't seem to find it now.
- scott_s 17y ago
  That NIH page on sleep is fascinating.

Aximilation 17y ago

That's actually a really good point, I just posted on my blog (blog.aximilation.com) an article about how I got sick and polyphasic sleep was not enough for my body to get the rest it needed at the time. (article: http://blog.aximilation.com/blog.php?title=the-sickness&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 http://blog.aximilation.com/blog.php?title=the-sickness&...) Excerpt: "...if you begin working out, do some hard labor, experience a lot of stress or get sick, your body may need more downtime, physically, in which case a polyphasic schedule may not be sufficient..." You may or may not be functioning at your best, puredoxyk, one of the pioneers of polyphasic sleep is very active in kung fu and various physical activities and has no trouble. I would not say that it's hardly functioning at your best, it depends on what your body needs, what it is used to, and also your lifestyle.

abossy 17y ago

Jay Cutler (Mr. Olympia 2006, 2007) is reported to sleep no longer than 3 hours at a time with his weight-lifting regimen. It's not polyphasic, but it's entirely possible to build muscle with a reduced sleep schedule. Old FHM Article http://forum.bodybuilding.com/archive/index.php/t-3330281.html http://forum.bodybuilding.com/archive/index.php/t-3330281.ht... Source found Googling http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_3_22/ai_n6108187/pg_2/?tag=content;col1 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_3_22/ai_n6108... (bottom of page)