"Sleep faster!" ~Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted weights 4 hours a day and only slept 6 hours at night.
You lift 4 hours everyday and you'll be a freak of nature too.
Of course steroids help. But if you HAVE to be on roids to lift for 4 hours then whats the time threshold for natural lifting? 2 hours? When does "natural lifting" time transition into "he has to be on steroids" time? After 3 hours? 2? I would argue that pro athletes and navy seals workout more than you could imagine without being on the juice.
...if there is one thing I can recommend that has definitely impacted the quality of my sleep, it's magnesium.
Since supplementing with magnesium, I've noticed a dramatic increase in the quality of my sleep.
I feel more refreshed when I wake up and my mood is much better.
Also, you will need more sleep if you exercise.
I think quality sleep is more important than the amount of sleep. I also think the earlier to bed you go, the less sleep you need. 9-3 is much easier than 12-6.
If you can black out your room, cut out all outside noises, and do something relaxing before bed, all the better. Couple that with a good morning routine and a successful day, you shouldn't need too much sleep. I feel like during bouts of laziness one actually requires more sleep. But when you have that focus, you can barely wait to wake up and you do so on your own hours before your alarm clock sounds.
I'm going to go get a polysomnogram (sleep study) before the end of the year. I generally don't sleep all that well. If there's one thing worth optimizing, it's sleep. Think about it...
If you currently spend 8 hours in bed, but only 6.5 sleeping, the other 1.5 just fidgeting and waiting to fall asleep (unfortunately, tends to be my case), you're wasting a bunch of time. Cut that down to 15 minutes in bed pre-sleep and you have another ~1.6 FULL DAYS of free time per month. Over 60 years, that's something like 3 years of extra time. Even in a less drastic situation, cutting down from 7.5 hours to 7 hours in bed (without sacrificing quality of sleep) would net you over a year of free time over 60 years. Plus if you're sleeping better, you'll have the added benefit of better decision-making skills, lower risk of health issues, etc...
@Dark Water is right, it's more about optimizing sleep cycles and REM than it is about net time asleep.
Also, regarding training yourself to sleep on 5 hours a night, there are several studies that essentially prove your body won't adapt.
The National Institute of Health has some good reading: Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
You lift 4 hours everyday and you'll be a freak of nature too.
What are your results following this program ? Pics would be good
He no longer knows how to regain his former glory and comes up with all sorts of fairy tales that children believe, sleep as much as your body needs. The most important thing is discipline and high quality of sleep!Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted weights 4 hours a day and only slept 6 hours at night.
Have you considered getting 5 hours of sleep and then taking a 1 to 2-hour nap later in the day?
Modafinil has helped me tremendously with being productive even when running on low sleep but if there is one thing I can recommend that has definitely impacted the quality of my sleep, it's magnesium.
Since supplementing with magnesium, I've noticed a dramatic increase in the quality of my sleep.
I feel more refreshed when I wake up and my mood is much better.
You lift 4 hours everyday and you'll be a freak of nature too.Aside from being a freak of nature
Of course steroids help. But if you HAVE to be on roids to lift for 4 hours then whats the time threshold for natural lifting? 2 hours? When does "natural lifting" time transition into "he has to be on steroids" time? After 3 hours? 2? I would argue that pro athletes and navy seals workout more than you could imagine without being on the juice.I think the point is, to lift 4 hours each and every day, you have to be on steroids. The normal human body cannot recover in time to do such a punishing routine. However steroids help you recover to complete normality in record time, allowing you to lift as if you had been resting for days.
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