Just curious how many of you take naps. Personally, I love to take long naps whenever I can. On nights I don't swim I usually take a two hour nap when I get home from work. On days when I work from home I'll usually nap if I've got at least an hour of free time before I have to leave for the pool. This does cause me to miss workouts on occasion when I don't feel like getting up! I also like to take two hour naps in the afternoon on weekends when possible, even though I usually get eight hours of sleep or more on the weekend. As you might have guessed, I don't have any children!
I know some people rarely if ever nap and others prefer much shorter naps. How about you?
I love to nap and can almost precisely time a 20 minute nap when I do without even trying. My challenge is that I rarely find/make the time to do so.
I have that same ability. I will lay my head down and say to myself, Wake up in 20 minutes, and it's amazing how exact the awakening is.
I must say this poll has been very encouraging to me--I thought I was the only groggy person I knew!
Carlos, I will attempt your formula.
I sleep 8-9 hours, split the difference, 8.5.
Cut this in half: 4.25
Go to bed at midnight to 1, split the difference 12:30
Add the 4.25: 4:45
So my nap should ideally be, say, 4:30-5:00. This would give me a little time to wake up, get rid of the sleep inertia, and make it to swim practice perhaps turbocharged with a cup of coffee.
Naturally, I tend to nap a little earlier--maybe 3 or so. Maybe I should keep nap time the same, but try to go to bed a little earlier?
I find that it's hard to fall asleep at night with a TV on, but it's equally hard to fall asleep for a nap with the TV off. The best weekend nap inducing is golf, because the voices are soothing. The best weekday nap inducing fare is CNBC market coverage, because those guys do know how to drone on!
Final question: does your need to nap, for me it can feel like a sexual hunger to be seduced into sleep, hence the very nice recreational component, but anyhow, does your need to nap have anything to do with the amount of training you are doing?
It seems like I have been swimming a lot of yardage lately, avearging 3250 a day for 10 days straight, missing only MLK day. I have definitely felt more urge to nap lately, too.
I love to nap and can almost precisely time a 20 minute nap when I do without even trying. My challenge is that I rarely find/make the time to do so.
I have that same ability. I will lay my head down and say to myself, Wake up in 20 minutes, and it's amazing how exact the awakening is.
I must say this poll has been very encouraging to me--I thought I was the only groggy person I knew!
Carlos, I will attempt your formula.
I sleep 8-9 hours, split the difference, 8.5.
Cut this in half: 4.25
Go to bed at midnight to 1, split the difference 12:30
Add the 4.25: 4:45
So my nap should ideally be, say, 4:30-5:00. This would give me a little time to wake up, get rid of the sleep inertia, and make it to swim practice perhaps turbocharged with a cup of coffee.
Naturally, I tend to nap a little earlier--maybe 3 or so. Maybe I should keep nap time the same, but try to go to bed a little earlier?
I find that it's hard to fall asleep at night with a TV on, but it's equally hard to fall asleep for a nap with the TV off. The best weekend nap inducing is golf, because the voices are soothing. The best weekday nap inducing fare is CNBC market coverage, because those guys do know how to drone on!
Final question: does your need to nap, for me it can feel like a sexual hunger to be seduced into sleep, hence the very nice recreational component, but anyhow, does your need to nap have anything to do with the amount of training you are doing?
It seems like I have been swimming a lot of yardage lately, avearging 3250 a day for 10 days straight, missing only MLK day. I have definitely felt more urge to nap lately, too.
