Comments on: Early Rising Is Not a Fancy Thing (It’s Not Bad Either)

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:32:15 +0000

i agree ! Let’s stop !

“recommended sleep is an average of 8.1274 hours sleep for a man with an average age of 26.1265 years. However if you have a child (average age 4.678 years) then the chances of you achieving maximun benefits from your sleep decrease by a ratio of 2.467% for every hour of sleep”

oh come on, just take a sleeping pill !

Next subject please haha

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:50:44 +0000

“Research has showed that, on average, adults need 8.1 hours of sleep per night.”
=> if they use “averages” they might not really having a terribly scientific approach. Averages are close to useless (if not packed with info about mediums or other numbers). ;)

Heh. :P

Maybe we should stop this?

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:58:45 +0000

ok had a quick look around:had time to find one Not 3 sorry)

“Research at the University of Westminster has confirmed something that most of us already knew – there are people who do mornings and there are people who don’t. There is a difference between those who leap out of bed early and throw themselves straight into demanding activities and those who have to drag themselves into consciousness, needing a prolonged warm-up period before they can face a coffee let alone the business of the day. Are early birds physically different?Research has showed that, on average, adults need 8.1 hours of sleep per night.

Psychologist Dr Angela Clow, who did the research, asked 42 volunteers to take saliva samples eight times during the day for two days, beginning when they first woke up. The waking times ranged from an uncomfortable pre-dawn 5.22am to the more laid-back hour of 10.37am. Half of the group were awake by 7.21am and they were found to have higher levels of cortisol, the body’s main stress hormone, than those who lingered longer in the sack.

‘These results are interesting,’ says Dr Angela Clow because they provide a physiological basis for the often-reported difference between early and late risers.

‘Early awakening has been associated with greater powers of concentration, being busier and experiencing more hassles through the day, as well as having more anger and less energy at the end of the day.
On the other hand, late wakers were more leisurely and less busy. It is possible the cortisol may contribute towards these differences in temperament because it is known to influence mood and concentration,’ she said.

In follow-up research over a 10-week period, it was found that the early risers were more likely to suffer from muscle aches, colds, headaches and mood swings.

On that note, I am off to bed haha

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:44:46 +0000

Roger: could you please list 3 specific medical researches? :)

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:14:55 +0000

There’s a lot of medical research out there that shows its far better to go to sleep beofre midnight and wake up 8 hours later. However, I cannot function at all until noon at least… so sod the research!

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:57:36 +0000

I was just being silly. The Airhead thing came from watching Robocop on TV once and they had dubbed over all the swearing, one of the guys says “and we even called the boss Airhead”, it was so funny.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:38:48 +0000

Well, I was more like thinking that “since you are unsure if it’s good for me” (early rising) you could give it a go. Taking drugs & shooting people have obvious cons (calling boss “airhead” is of course okay)… so you don’t really need your own experience on this to make an intelligent decision..

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:37:46 +0000

I guess the same benefit can be applied to taking drugs, shooting people and calling your boss an “airhead”. You can try it out and compare it with not doing those things :-)

By: Houen

Houen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:04:38 +0000

I used to be a late sleeper, and would hit the hay around 4-7 AM every day. Now I get up at 8 AM every day and go to bed around 12-1 AM. I can’t say much for whether to get up early or late, but I can stress one VERY important advice: GET UP THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY

If you, like me had trouble sleeping, try tihs. Get up the same time every day for two weeks. This includes the day after drinking, raiding, coding, whatever. No matter that you haven’t had much sleep. Just get normal to one hour extra sleep the next night. It has changed my life.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:20:05 +0000

In fact, now I found the benefit of trying “early rising” (from my previous comment):

- You try it so you have perspective to compare it with “late rising” and then you can decide what suits best for you.

That’s a good reason to try it out.