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penner2k
03-25-2010, 12:50 PM
http://lifehacker.com/5501942/how-i-mastered-the-power-nap

Daniel Tenner has spent a lot of time thinking about (and taking) naps. What follows is his experience learning to master 20 minute power naps even though he normally takes 30 minutes to fall asleep.

Good article. I do this often on Saturdays before going out. I can be dead tired and without any drugs be up till noon the next day after one.

hal0g0dv2
03-26-2010, 09:36 AM
so is this about the dog power nap

twitchyzero
03-26-2010, 10:02 AM
power nap only works if you had very little/poor sleep the night before
usually it'll take a few hours to enter REM sleep (effective deep sleep)
however if you had little REM sleep the night before you'll brain will "cheat" and enter REM almost immediately after closing your eyes.

at least its what i learned in my pharmacology class lol
a really helpful tip if you're a uni student or work graveyards.

Not really racist!
03-26-2010, 02:54 PM
hmm..

is pizizz worth it?

Ulic Qel-Droma
03-27-2010, 10:26 AM
yeah i rest my eyes
it helps

i can only really take "real" naps if im exhausted, and im in between work or on a bus or something i can pass out then i MUST get up to get back to work... happens a lot in the military, get a 5min break and i just pass the fuck out.

but at home im unable to nap at all. well i can rest, but it usually takes 30-60min to fall asleep so it really sucks. and if i fall into deep sleep in an environment like home (where i don't have to get up)... then I will not get up

many times i've napped after dinner before partying... but i just end up sleeping till the next day. hell even on work days. i can pass out after dinner and wake up and it'll be the next morning lol. I love sleep.

SkippyLang
03-28-2010, 10:00 AM
power naps are awesome. crawl into bed, close all the blinds, and when you wake up you're good to party.

penner2k
04-05-2010, 07:17 PM
power naps are awesome. crawl into bed, close all the blinds, and when you wake up you're good to party.

I do that all the time. Nap for a bit get up and I'm good to go till noon the next day :thumbsup:

ShadowBun
04-07-2010, 08:36 PM
i do that too but i often get a power 5hr sleep instead

hotjoint
04-08-2010, 08:45 AM
i love sleep. I can fall asleep anywhere and anytime :)

Ulic Qel-Droma
04-08-2010, 03:14 PM
power naps are awesome. crawl into bed, close all the blinds, and when you wake up you're good to party.

and when I wake up it's 12 hours later. lol.

ethano
04-09-2010, 11:48 PM
power naps are the good, i never sleep on time or enough

woob
04-25-2010, 01:21 PM
hmm..

is pizizz worth it?

If you find some alternate means of acquiring it without sacrificing any monetary resources, it's worth it.

I've been trying it for the past 5ish nights to fall asleep to and I've been dreaming and remembering my dreams every night. I don't usually sleep that well.

quasi
04-25-2010, 08:11 PM
i love sleep. I can fall asleep anywhere and anytime :)

I wish, I don't think I've had a nap in the last 20 years. If I stay up all night I still won't nap. I'll wait until the next evening before going to bed. It's just what I've always done, feel weird sleeping during the day.

waddy41
04-25-2010, 09:57 PM
when I nap I'm too lazy to wake up...so my naps usually lasts 3-4ish hours...

naps usually screws up my sleep cycles....
as well it wastes my day

twitchyzero
04-25-2010, 10:04 PM
power naps are great during exam season

vafanculo
07-18-2010, 02:26 PM
You know you are aging when naps are what you look forward to in your day. Naps kick ass
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murd0c
07-18-2010, 03:01 PM
You know you are aging when naps are what you look forward to in your day. Naps kick ass
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oh hell ya, In the winter I love it when I dont get the best sleep thinking about comming home getting baked and passing out right away. It's the best thing curled up in your bed right after work in the winter.

vafanculo
07-18-2010, 09:43 PM
^ not really a nap, but one of my fave things to do in the winter on my day off is set the alarm for 430 am, get up walk around the house, have a few puffs, and get back to a nice warm bed lol
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mpr
07-18-2010, 09:51 PM
had a power nap today. felt so refreshed. :thumbsup:

Mugen EvOlutioN
07-19-2010, 12:44 PM
able to sleep a beauty, not able to sleep on the other hand...my god


there are some nights that i know i gota wake up early the next day for work, and i just cant fucking sleep.
its brutal

MG1
07-19-2010, 01:16 PM
i love sleep. I can fall asleep anywhere and anytime :)

Me too. Meetings are the best. Sleep with eyes open. Took me a long time to perfect it. I've even learned to nod and smile while asleep.

MG1
07-19-2010, 01:19 PM
there are some nights that i know i gota wake up early the next day for work, and i just cant fucking sleep.
its brutal

Don't fight it when that happens. Just close eyes and let the body rest.

Not really racist!
07-19-2010, 03:14 PM
Me too. Meetings are the best. Sleep with eyes open. Took me a long time to perfect it. I've even learned to nod and smile while asleep.

any tips old man? LOL

Harvey Specter
07-19-2010, 03:48 PM
I can't take naps because I can't sleep at night. I've had 12 hours days with like 4 hours of sleep but I'll never take a nap.

mpr
07-19-2010, 04:00 PM
I just took another power nap while typing this post up. so fresh now!!

MG1
07-19-2010, 07:36 PM
I just took another power nap while typing this post up. so fresh now!!

Wow, now that's amazing. I bow down to you, sir. You're at a whole new level. Who did you study under? My master taught me many things, but would not teach me the secrets to voluntary somnambulism.

XtC_13aBy
07-19-2010, 10:53 PM
powernaps are easy to do when it's so sunny outside!! -- like the past few weeks in vancouver

dhari
07-23-2010, 01:45 PM
there are some nights that i know i gota wake up early the next day for work, and i just cant fucking sleep.
its brutal

same here, its like im too excited to sleep lol
and then an hour before i gotta wake up i finally fall asleep properly. such a tease lol:(

buddy
07-24-2010, 10:14 AM
I rememebr my 30 minutes shut eyes turned out to a 20 hours sleep after a back-to-back overnight of mj 2 nights in a row ... I literally peed my pants before I got to my bathroom 5 steps away from my bed ...

JLASA
07-27-2010, 09:58 PM
any tips old man? LOL

hahahahaha is that shit even possible

van19
07-28-2010, 12:10 AM
and when I wake up it's 12 hours later. lol.

haha same

OTG-ZR2
07-28-2010, 11:33 AM
nothing better than a payed power nap :thumbsup:

!LittleDragon
07-28-2010, 02:27 PM
I always nap... I actually don't really sleep... lol... up at 8am, go to work, home by 6-7pm, nap for 2-3 hours and do whatever til 3-4am before going back to bed. It's like having 2 days... lol