Sleep. "Longterm" vs. Naps.

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Ok,
As we have said before, before doing any speed work and in order to perform at an optimal level we should be awake 4-5 hours before performing (optimal level of activation). This is for training and meets am i correct?
Anyhow assuming it is. What if you got you slept during the night woke up in the morning and were up for 5 hours and then took a 2 hour nap woke up and 30 minutes later went to do a speed workout? Is the 5 hours you were awake earlier now negated?And you should be up for another 4-5 hours?
How does this work? I am confused. And also is there a limit for how long you can sleep before the hours you were previously awake form the nights sleep is negated?

I hope i am making sense here. Please ask me to clarify is this is unclear.

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I have “Jail Cell” naps all the time. Crash on the floor with no pillow or anything for 30 minutes.

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What if you for 2 hours. What will the result be? Would you have to be up for 4-5 hours again for activation to be optimal or will your CNS be asleep?

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Hey Quick,

Whats is the section of those threads on this topic you mentioned that the forum has discussed b4?

I would be really interested in reading them. thnx

Vito

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good question quik… i would think that after a few hours of napping, you would need to be up for a sufficient amount of time to reactivate the CNS. as far as how long the nap i would be curious to know also…

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I used to train an hour after waking up every morning this summer and I was fine. I just had to move a little faster on the warm up, but I was fine and ready to fly. I am more of a morning person (physically…don’t tick me off in the morning :smiley: ) so that may be a part of it. I love training in mornings though so I am a bit weird.

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One of the main issues regarding sleep & naps, is getting your body to the right core temperature, as well as having your CNS recovered and ready.

In the Olympics, the heats and quarter-finals of the 100m are usually 10am and 5 pm. Which meant getting up at 5am, and making for a very long day!

Then, the next day, the semis & finals are 1.5 hours apart (approx)

There was good thread from 716 RE: using Proglycosyn and recovery on this topic (though he didn’t mention sleep or naps)