Thread: How much sleep do get?

5 hours on a bad night, I get a better workout with 8 hours sleep. I go to the gym at 6:00 in the morning.

On school days I get very little, but on weekends I make up for it by sleeping until two or three.

I typically get to bed at about 11, to wake up at 6 to get ready for work.

Thats 7 hours.

Sleep is crucial for many reasons. For bodybuilders, sleep will assist the protein synthesis mentioned in the last section and help to mentally recharge the lifter for their next training session.

Sleep also assists testosterone and growth hormone manufacture. One thing to remember about sleep is the fact it often means 8+ hours without food. This could spell disaster for the serious lifter as the muscles might eventually begin to break down their structure to supply glycogen to the brain and other organs (gluconeogenesis).

To negate this, eat a high-protein meal before retiring to bed, and one immediate upon rising (if aerobic training is not planned for that day). To achieve adequate sleep, the consensus seems to be seven-nine hours per night. To get this amount employ the following:


Take a warm bath before retiring.
Listen to relaxing music.
Eat a small amount of carbohydrate.
Retire at the same time each night.
Don't watch television in bed.
Resist sleep medications.
Avoid alcohol and cigarettes.

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Originally Posted by SJ69

How much sleep do you get every night?

Definitely not enough that's why i nap everyday when i get home from work.

I LOVE being able to sleep in on the weekends.

my body wakes me up after 6 hours, apparently that's all I need as I don't get tired during the day. I hate to sleep anyway, it feels like I'm wasting my life.

I usually get 8 solid hours (asleep by 10:00, up at 6:00). Very rarely do I get less than 7. Sleep is good. Mmmm......sleeeeeeeep.....

Originally Posted by LAM

my body wakes me up after 6 hours, apparently that's all I need as I don't get tired during the day. I hate to sleep anyway, it feels like I'm wasting my life.

being awake is overrated.

I seem to be one of those people who wakes up 3 or 4 times a night so I couldn't even tell ya,what I do know is that sleeping pills work but your so damn grogy in the morning that it's hard to have a good day at the gym

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

being awake is overrated.

I actually get so little sleep, that it would be stupid for me to say that.

How much sleep do get?

I think you need a couple more hours judging by your grammar

Originally Posted by redspy

I think you need a couple more hours judging by your grammar

Originally Posted by redspy

I think you need a couple more hours judging by your grammar

I wuz so tired I didn't even notice that sh1t.

i usually get about 6-7 hours on a weekday and then when the next day is my day of i will get 10-11 hours usually lol so make up for it

Neo

Proper rest and quality rest are VERY important. As with proper nutrition and proper exercise DONE with perfection and perfect form.

If you really want total health and pure muscle DO NOT CHEAT yourself in any of these areas.

Cheating will haunt you eventually and rob you of what you want - and need.

Take Care, John H.

I need my 8 hours, if I get less I feel like a zombie working out during the mornings and tired during work.

I used to get 3 or 4 and now I get 8 to 8.5 on week days and 10-12 on weekends.

8-15hrs

I find it hard to believe you've ever slept for 15 hours.

hahaha believe it cause i sleep 12-14 everynight....well everytime i go to bed

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I find it hard to believe you've ever slept for 15 hours.

I have.

After staying up for 30 hours I slept from 7:30pm to 4pm the next day...beat that

Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt

After staying up for 30 hours I slept from 7:30pm to 4pm the next day...beat that

I used to do stuff like that (seeing how long I could stayup) 24 hours is really hard, I don't get how people can even make it to 48?

I did this once on a school day to, during class I thought maybe if I closed one eye for awhile it would help, didn't like the results so I decided to try both eyes for awhile. slept past the bell and my damn teacher didn't even wake me up

I did it for driver's ed, stayed up all night slept 6 and 1/2 hours during class. The bitch kept waking me up though.

I usually go to bed at 12- think about some shat for another 2 hours-fall asleep-wake up at 7. I've been doing this for the last 2 years and I'am like this for the rest of the day.

I leave home at 6am and get home at nearly 11pm... I go to bed about midnight, get up at 5

Originally Posted by musclepump

I leave home at 6am and get home at nearly 11pm... I go to bed about midnight, get up at 5

Damn, I thought my days were long. Why you gone so long?

Sleep use to come so much easier when I was younger. Twelve hours was nothing! I recently developed waking up to go to the bathroom at least twice (I drink a gallon of water a day) through the night and sometimes I have a hard time going back to sleep but, I'd say at least 7-8 hours a night. My Dad who has been healthy his whole life says that once you wake up don't force yourself to go back to sleep. What about bathroom visits in the middle of the night?? Oh well, I guess getting older destroys everything!