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polyphasic sleep Anonymous
polyphasic sleep, has anyone tried it?
>> Anonymous
biphasic is cool (sleeping in two halves), because then there isn't nearly as much sleep momentum, and your overall need for sleep goes down a little.

The concept behind dymaxion is neat (sleeping whenever you're remotely tired, your overall need for sleep gradually drops off to about 2 hours a day)), but I've never been able to stick to it due to schedule conflicts.

Out and out uberman though, I wouldn't recommend that unless you have absolutely no social life whatsoever, and are willing to feel extremely tired for about 2 weeks.
>> RManifold !!C8TFUxHCCUl
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/polyphasic-sleep-the-return-to-monophasic/

Read this if you haven't. Some guy blogged about his experiences over six months of polyphasic.

I've done a biphasic schedule in the past (three hours twice a day) but I wouldn't recommend it. My head feels clearest on the regular schedule.

Also, 129660 is right: any adjustment to your schedule will be a bitch to implement.
>> Anonymous
Yes I have done this, 30 minutes every three hours or so, for about a week. It went well and I got tons of shit done...but on the final day I fell asleep while eating and didn't wake up for 16 hours, nobody could wake me, not by pushing me, yelling, water, etc.

I wouldn't recommend it, your body just gets too exhausted.
>> Anonymous
>>129793
also, you become nervous and irritable if you slip up even once and sleep for longer than an hour. You realize how comfortable and restful normal sleep is and you long for it. And you can't read, just letting you know. Everytime I would try to read or watch a movie in the dark I would last about 5 minutes and start nodding off.


tl;dr for everything, its GREAT if you need to study for a few nights, but I would highly recommend NOT doing it for more than three days
>> Anonymous
I would suspect that it is counterproductive to the goals of most in /fit/
>> Anonymous
>>129793
>>129796
Also you have to eat alot to keep up your energy

I mean, your body isnt used to being awake for 18-20 hours a day so it needs more fuel, so you eat.

But, you gain weight,and it like the above poster said, it would be counter-productive

also there is a noticable decrease in enthusiasm to workout
>> Anonymous
>>129905
I've never heard of anyone gaining weight from a polyphasic sleep schedule. If you need more energy, you're burning more energy. That's like saying "I have a friend who runs 10 miles a day, and he eats more than before he did, he's totally going to get fat".