@artyhardiwick (et al. with lil kids), I remember your pain:
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.
Consider time crunch plans
Worked for me with an hour newborn
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.
Just started up with SSB low volume again. Supporting my wife to get back into her own fitness routine too so we are taking turns.
1-1.5hrs 3 times a week seems about right given where we are with the new little one.
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!
A recent TED Talks.
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.
It seems that I might be the only one sleeping 9 hours everynight and 10h after big rides. I feel That I donāt recover properly if I sleep less.
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.
5-6.5 hours a night. go to bed 11pmā¦ish and get 4:45-5amā¦ishā¦feel great most of the times but i do get to sleep in unitl 6:30 twice a week:)
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.
Thanks for the recommendation, @nrbelkow. Iām lately leaning toward purchasing an Ember to see if I can limit my number of ātoysā to just one in hopes that it will provide 90-95% of what Iām looking to learn without overwhelming me with pre-bedtime tasks and concerns. 