Sleep is for the weak?

jb_trp · 2016-07-19T17:23:57+00:00

No, you need rest. It'll help your muscles recover after lifting and will help you be focus on the work you need to get done. Betas stay up late playing WOW and wasting their time. Unless you're hooking up with a girl, or you're enthralled with a project you're finishing because you're so into it and that's how you're wired, nothing good is happening after midnight.

Now, too much sleep and slothfulness is problematic, but you should get 7-8 hours of sleep per night.

BusterVadge · 2016-07-19T18:13:13+00:00

Testosterone is mainly created while you're asleep, so go ahead. Get little sleep and become less manly for all we care.

RedditAdminsSuck_88 · 2016-07-19T18:09:20+00:00

Sleep at least 8 hours a night. No exceptions.

Personally I shoot for 9 or 10 hours.

alpha_n3rd · 2016-07-19T18:19:37+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation

read that and get back to us with the answer.

also http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016643289500020T

The deprived rats show a reliable syndrome that includes temperature changes (which vary with the sleep stages that are lost); heat seeking behavior; increased food intake; weight loss; increased metabolic rate; increased plasma norepinephrine; decreased plasma thyroxine; an increased triiodothyronine-thyroxine ratio; and an increase of an enzyme which mediates thermogenesis by brown adipose tissue. The temperature changes are attributable to excessive heat loss and an elevated thermoregulatory setpoint, both of which increase thermoregulatory load, and the other changes are interpretable as responses to this increased load. This pattern indicates that sleep serves a thermoregulatory function in the rat. The sleep deprived rats also show stereotypic ulcerative and hyperkeratotic lesions localized to the tail and plantar surfaces of the paws, and they die within a matter of weeks; the mediation of these changes is unresolved.

Koalasonfire · 2016-07-19T17:23:27+00:00

Sleep is super important.

Eilonar · 2016-07-19T17:48:58+00:00

If you've skipped a night of sleep and you need to fix your internal clock, yes, you might find it useful to just push through the day until it's 22:00 and then go to sleep. This will allow you to wake up early, and prevent you from going to sleep at 15:00, wake up at 20:00 and stay awake until early morning because your clock is messed up. Make sure you will not do anything relevant during that day: don't drive, don't go out with girls or friends.

However, if this is not what you're asking, and if you're wondering whether or not you should sleep in general, then absolutely yes, you do. Sleep is probably the most important thing your body needs, and it takes discipline to go to bed early. There is no pride in skipping nights.

GreeneRed · 2016-07-19T17:39:42+00:00

Yeah. People that only get 4 hours of sleep a night don't know how to use their waking hours

94redstealth · 2016-07-19T17:53:29+00:00

get your sleep in

Stories_of_Red · 2016-07-19T18:18:19+00:00

Sleep is for people who want to be healthy.

Title	Sleep is for the weak?
Author	Captain_Save_A_Hoe_
Upvotes	0
Comments	13
Date	July 19, 2016 5:20 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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