how important is sleep?

[system]

@Terminator2

I don’t understand if school starts at 6:40 why wake up at 5:30? You could get another 45 minutes of sleep by waking up at 6:15. Do you have to walk to school or live very far away from school.

it takes me a while to drag myself out of bed… but it’s just as well that i’m getting in the habit since i’m moving father away from school pretty soon. and of course, being a girl, i have to have some time to get cute in the morning… haha

[pete]

@Krasnayafleur

because clem asked… a couple of typical days for me:

5:30am: wake up, go to school for 6:40 gym
7:40-2:40: classes (3 APs, 3 regulars, 2 Indpt. studies, 1 free for meetings/college stuff/food)
2:40-3:30: mentoring/indpt study
3:30-5:30: practice, extra stretching + cooldown until 6
shower, eat, start work around 7:30 or 8 if we have a game
work straight through until 11 or 12, occasionally later (anywhere from 50-200 pgs. reading, plus notes, math, essay-writing…)

on fridays, saturdays, and sundays i usually work 2 out of 3 days, between 12 and 18 hours for gas and food $.

notice that this does not include social time, family time, or entertainment… because it’s pretty rare that i have any. i eat dinner w/my family, go out MAYBE once a week or couple weeks depending on work, and watch the news… and thats ALL.

Wow! That’s a tough schedule!

[system]

proud to report that due to efficient use of study time, last night and tonight i’m getting 7 hours in bed. we’ll see if it keeps up… the hw load for tommorow looks bad :rolleyes: 7 hours had me feeling great today though.

[chris30]

I am lucky to get 6-7 hours a night and it has been that way for the past 6 years.

I try to catch up on my rest during the weekend but I often get less sleep.

You have to carefully monitor your recovery between sessions and not stretch yourself thin. I know my body pretty well and if I feel like shit from lack of sleep I am not going to train that day.

Also don’t think it will get any better after university. I have two degrees plus grad school under my belt and I work harder and get less sleep now than I did in school!! hehehe

Chris