6 week old is just about starting to develop a pattern.
Iām up 2-3 times a night for nappies and normally out of bed for the day by 6am. A few nights ago we got 5 hours without being disturbed which was amazing.
Trying my best to sleep well. I go to bed so I have 8.5h from when I hit my bed to when my alarm goes off, but I take very long to fall asleep. Wake about the time my alarm is due to go off.
I read something the other day that I actually tried to apply back in 2008-2010 when I was actually kinda fast. Idā like to credit the coach and quote it verbatim, but I canāt relocate the recommendation so Iāll just paraphrase:
Try to add an additional hourās sleep for every 10 hours/week of training. So 10hrs/wk = +1 hours, 15 hrs/wk = + 1.5 hours, 20hrs/wk = +2 additional hours per night. I know it sounds simplistic, and I canāt reduce my best-ever performance at that time to any single training manipulation, but I can tell you that I seldom, if ever, got sick or injured during my higher-volume training blocks (which, for the record, never exceeded 15 hours/week).
Have you heard of the Oura ring? Might be worth looking into if you are looking for a āwear it forget about itā sleep tracker. Iāve only had mine for a week so far, but seems like it will be a great tool as it begins to collect more data. As a bonus, it also measures resting HR, HRV, body temp, and respiratory rate.
During the working week I get between 7-7.5hrs, sometimes only 6.5 during the summer when I train longer into the night. I need to be up at 5am for work. On weekends I donāt set an alarm to train so I sleep and wake whenever my body is ready and then go out and train. My hours on weekends doing this can vary between 8 and up to almost 12hrs if Iāve had a big training week!
Iām a solid sleeper. As soon as my head hits the pillow Iāll be asleep within 30seconds. But once Iām awake in the morning, thatās it, I need to get up!
7+ if I train early in the morning during the week, 8+ otherwise. If there was a figure like FTP showing my sleep potential, Iād be way up there in Z/kg.
Between 7.5 and 8.5, depending on when my daughter kicks me out of bed. During intense training weeks I need up to an hour more. The long runs on Sunday sometimes require another 30 minute nap in the afternoon.
My Fitbit says I average 5:30 a week, which has been steadily declining from 6:30 which I was getting 3 months ago. Not sure what has changed but Iām fitter now than Iāve ever been.
I wish my body would sleep more but it just wonāt let me. Recently I read the book āThe Sleep Solutionā which was really good. It has improved my quality of sleep but not the duration. Iāve always had sleep issues and I continue to work on it, just wish I could get more!
5 to 6 hours of which I estimate 5 to 6 to be deep sleep (only interrupted by the need to p$$) . I am in bed by 10:30 pm and set the alarm for 4:15 am but I am normally awake before the alarm goes off. Once or twice a week I might need a 20 minute power nap during the day.
10:30-7 for me plus a 20 min nap 3x per week and an āuntil I wakeā nap 4x per week (usually 60-90 min) so call it 9-9.5 per night. I fall asleep fast and need an alarm Every. Single. Day. I hate that thing!!!
Iām 50 and train 6-8 hrs per week.
I donāt know how you guys do it on < 8 hrs per night!
I get between 6-7 hours during the week and might get 8 hours on the weekend. I train around 5-6am every weekday morning. I know I need more sleep but getting to bed by 9pm is next to impossible.