We all know that sleep is important, sleeping 8 hours a day is recommended, taking a nap helps improve mental and physical performance later on in the day...yaddi yaddi ya!
So how many hours a night do you sleep?
I can only mange to fit in 6 hours a night in my busy lifestyle :)
32 Comments
RuDdY
Written Jan. 13, 2007 / Report /
I get at least 7 every night, unless it's a night out of course.
publicenergy
Written Jan. 13, 2007 / Report /
I think everyone is different and finds their own level. If I haven't had enough sleep before a day out mountain biking it affects me noticably (not as much energy). I think it can have more of an impact than other factors like diet in some ways so shouldn't be neglected - I tend to get 6 or 7 hours typically but try and get early nights before a big day out cycling to make sure I'm fully recharged!
Incidentally, Dean Karnazes, the guy who ran the 50 marathons in 50 days makes do with about 4 hours a night!.
Alday
Written Jan. 13, 2007 / Report /
I do fine with about 4 hours a night, and have been that way for years. I didn't think it was anything special.
aidan_1986
Written Jan. 13, 2007 / Report /
If it is on a weekend I usually get 9-10 hours sleep however if it is on a weekday I usually get about 7 hours, sometimes 8 (just).
Agraek
Written Jan. 13, 2007 / Report /
I generally get at least 7 hours of sleep, and try my hardest always to wake up before 11am. If I wake up after that, then I often times have problems getting moving throughout the day.
If I work in the morning however, I'll get up around 8 or 9. There is rarely a night anymore where I go to bed before midnight.
joshawesome
Written Jan. 14, 2007 / Report /
For as long as I remember, I've only ever gotten about 2-3 hours of sleep a night. The only time I ever get more is when I'm sick and then I'll get about 10+ hours of sleep.
Impz
Written Jan. 14, 2007 / Report /
I need at least 6 hours of sleep, even though I am lacking in that recently and the weekends became a total sleep fest of 10 plus hours.
stefani
Written Jan. 15, 2007 / Report /
I am in bed usually 9 hrs a night but I might get 6-7 hrs of good REM sleep. And I need my sleep.....lack of sleep gives me a really bad "hangover" feeling....
weefz
Written Jan. 15, 2007 / Report /
7-8 but I need at least 9 on a regular basis :|
Devin
Written Jan. 15, 2007 / Report /
I do 6 hours typically in a biphasic manner (see my FAQ). Hour and a half nap, four and a half at night.
I've seen more and more articles emerge that say a) lots of sleep might be detrimental to your health and b) 8 hours might even be more than should be recommended.
Gnorb
Written Jan. 15, 2007 / Report /
between 6 and 7 hours. Usually no more, sometimes less. By choice.
michaellouviere
Written Jan. 16, 2007 / Report /
"sleeping 8 hours a day is recommended,"
- I sleep about 8 hours on weekends.
"helps improve mental and physical performance later on in the day...yaddi yaddi ya!"
- But you "yadda yadda'd" over the best part!
Written Jan. 16, 2007 / Edit / Report /
Unfortunately, I don't sleep nearly enough. Although I've gotten better at forcing myself to go to bed, I lived thorugh years in which 3 to 4 hours were enough until I collapsed into a 15-hour pile of sleep. Unhealthy to the max.
Rich
Written Jan. 16, 2007 / Report /
Sleep?
Such fond memories.
I'm blustering my way through life on 3-4 hours at the moment (for the past few weeks). I've never needed more than 6, but 4 is killing me.
I can also never, ever sleep more than 8 hours. It just never happens, even if I don't sleep for days.
theadmad
Written Jan. 16, 2007 / Report /
I alway try to go for the 8 hours, but never make it.
Usually it's 6 hours
Agraek
Written Jan. 16, 2007 / Report /
@Devin
That's a really interesting pattern you have there. If I had enough self-discipline, I might have the ability to actually follow through with something like that. But as it stands, I have difficulty waking myself up after 6 hours of sleep when I don't really even need to wake up.
GlennWolsey
Written Jan. 17, 2007 / Report /
I dont sleep enough..I get around 7 hours at the moment, max. I really want to start getting around nine.
david3
Written Jan. 17, 2007 / Report /
I usually get around 7-8 hours a night, though if I was left to my own devices (i.e. no schedule) I'd sleep around 10 hours out of every 48 or so hours. Work and play...then crash... work and play...then crash.
Sue
Written Jan. 17, 2007 / Report /
8-9 hours. less 6 hours doesn't help my beauty. :)
phantomdata
Written Jan. 17, 2007 / Report /
It depends if you count "sleep" or "laying in bed in twilight". I'm not really sure how much I actually sleep, but I usually lose my ability to remember somewhere around 11:00P and wake up around 08:30A - 09:00A. So, somewhere around 10 hours or so. I used to get around 5 or 6 when I was a CSCI student.
leliathomas
Written Jan. 17, 2007 / Report /
I have read that those who sleep only six hours live longer, according to studies. I guess that has to do with the balance between sleeping enough and sleeping too much. (Of course, children and teenagers are shown better off with 10 hours--not that either get it often.)
As for me...it definitely depends on a lot of other things, such as time of year, what I've been doing, etc. I can function pretty well off four hours or 10 hours. I feel most rested at eight, though.
avuee
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
12 hours.
BonitainPink
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
I would say 8-10. =)
We have a cat that must have been a rooster in another life because he wakes us up like clockwork every morning.
chris
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
Very little. I feel like I'm wasting time when I sleep.
LorriM
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
I get about 7-8 hours, on a good night, and 5-6 otherwise.
Kamigoroshi
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
4-5 hours usually, naps included. Any more and I don't think I have enough time in the day to run my life.
I wish I can live without sleep though...then again...there were always assignment due that caused me to go without it for days.
Ivy
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
as i wrote in my last note, my problem is not that i sleep too much, but that i find hard to wake up, or better, to find the will to jump off the bed :D in the morning, that it's so warm and comfortable...
Pierre
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
I try to get around 8, like everyone else. But normally, I hover around 7. If I woke up without the alarm, I'd probably naturally get closer to 9, which is what I get on the weekends. Anymore than that and I feel groggy for the rest of the day :(
jmathias
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
I sleep from 10pm to 5:30am every night, except on Saturday/Sunday, I sleep from 12am to 9:30am.
anshuljain
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
Normally its around 7 hours for me coz of the workload though I am never happy about sleeping so less. I have had times when I have slept for more than 12 hrs at a stretch. I guess it depends on the person's daily routine, amount of work among other things. Plus I think younger people can sleep a lot more than old people.
nan4loop
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
Since I have a 8 month old baby - certainly not enough! I try to get around 7 hours per day.
Causalien
Written Feb. 11, 2007 / Report /
Mine varies between 3.5 to 5.5 hours during weekdays following a Triphasic pattern. Then about 6~7 hours in a normal chunk of sleep during the weekends.