How many hours of sleep do you get?

ThaiFighter_83 · 07-28-2008, 12:16 PM

I get 8-9 hours every night, seven days a week. If you sleep less than that, doesn't that hurt your conditioning and progress for fat-loss and muscle-gain?

takeahnase · 07-28-2008, 12:33 PM

I try to get at least 7. More can be difficult on weekdays. If I can, I like to sleep around 8-9 hours. If I sleep less than 7, I feel it in my training.

**Standard** · 07-28-2008, 01:51 PM

Usually more sleep is better, but age and other factors do play a role in how much is enough.

WCLegend90 · 07-28-2008, 02:14 PM

9-12 or I can't function

spirez · 07-28-2008, 02:41 PM

8-9 at the moment apart from thursday nights a si get up at 5 friday mornings and cant usually sleep as my body clock is all over the place.

bfdtuck · 07-28-2008, 02:42 PM

it depends on what your body needs or is accustomed to

Rowan11088 · 07-28-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by WCLegend90

9-12 or I can't function

That might actually be TOO much. Could be a sign that your sleep is poor quality. Though I can't really talk, I've been known to sleep way in myself

I try to aim for 7-8 hours a night, but I'm very erratic in my habits unfortunately. Sometimes I'll nap during the day and that'll throw me off. I can see how getting a pattern down solidly can really help training, but I'm not there yet.

Oblivian · 07-28-2008, 03:10 PM

I get about 7.5 hours a night. I would say I get an hour or hour and a half nap in about four days a week though.
I would like to get at least 8 a night, but that would require me to go to bed before 11. I only watch about an hour of tv a day and it just so happens most of my shows are on from 10-11.
In my opinion, it's more important to make sure you are on the same sleeping schedule every day. If you are sleeping 8 hours a night from 11 PM - 7 AM one night then 4 AM - noon the next, I guarantee you that is not going to be a good 8 hours of sleep.

It'd be nice to sleep 8-10 hours a day, but work, family, and other factors sometimes take priority over adequete rest.

**mschatz** · 07-28-2008, 03:16 PM

8 or close to it.

UrbanSavage · 07-28-2008, 04:35 PM

A minimum of 8. I can pull off maybe one day with only 7 hours of sleep, two in a row of under 8 hours though and I'm feeling it. If I don't get at least 8 hours, I can't train well. I get mad, snap at people, can't think quickly enough to train properly. I think some people are just extremely sensitive to how much sleep they get.