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Biphasic sleep : Day 18

Scott Birdby Scott Bird
September 27, 2006
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Biphasic sleep : Day 18Another cycle. Yesterday’s 9 hour total seems to have definitely swung the argument in favour of having 4.5 hours each night; especially as the ‘workout’ was nothing more complex than a few sets of shrugs.

So far I haven’t been overly concerned at the notion of waking to an alarm, switching it off, rolling over and going back to sleep. There are many ways to combat this (several of which I’ve tried in the past); perhaps the most simple is to move the alarm slightly out of reach from the bed. If I have to get out of bed just to turn the alarm off, I’m unlikely to jump back in for an additional sleep.

The reason I haven’t been terribly worried about the oversleeping is that there’s usually a reason for it. Aside from ‘the bed was warm and comfortable’, almost anything is tolerable - tiredness from stress, physical exertion or heat. Relocating the alarm is a more difficult decision than you might imagine.

Following nap

Unlike last night’s extravaganza, 90 minutes proved quite enough. This time I only allowed 10 minutes to get to sleep, and based on my response to the alarm (along the lines of ‘yeah, yeah, OK’) that was fairly close. Refreshing.


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Comments

1

Wow, 18 days of Biphasia, so what are the plus points, is it having much of a positive effect on you, aside from having a lot more time to do stuff.

Going into summer (lucky b-ger) should make things a bit easier if it’s lighter and warmer when you get up.

Posted by: Steph | September 28, 2006 6:54 AM

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Ah, you’ll have to wait until day 30 for the complete rundown on pros and cons.

So far though, I like it. It no longer feels strange taking a nap after dinner. In fact, dinner -> workout -> nap feels right.

On the heat front, I’d forgotten just how toasty it gets here. It’s t-shirt weather from 6 or 7am. Nice when you get used to it, but after 4 years in Scotland I’m pretty used to the cold :)

Posted by: Scott | September 28, 2006 8:48 AM

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