{"id":25,"date":"2007-05-01T14:22:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T20:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pchristensen.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/01\/polyphasic-sleep-experiment-death-of-polyphasic-sleep\/"},"modified":"2007-05-05T19:11:17","modified_gmt":"2007-05-06T01:11:17","slug":"polyphasic-sleep-experiment-death-of-polyphasic-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pchristensen.com\/blog\/articles\/polyphasic-sleep-experiment-death-of-polyphasic-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyphasic Sleep Experiment Death of Polyphasic Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When I originally decided to do polyphasic sleep, it was because there were too many things I wanted to do and not enough time to do them.<span>  <\/span>Polyphasic sleep was something I could add to my life that would accommodate everything and make room for more.<span>  <\/span>But I ran into something else that conflicted with it and can\\&#8217;t coexist.<span>  <\/span>No, smart aleck, it\\&#8217;s not being tired, because that wasn\\&#8217;t the problem everyone made it out to be.<span>  <\/span>No, I have to give up polyphasic sleep because I\\&#8217;ve started exercising.<span>  <\/span>I started swimming a couple days ago on Saturday, and again this morning.<span>  <\/span>For the record, I\\&#8217;m not in good shape, I\\&#8217;m very overweight, and not an athlete by any means, so this was a big physical challenge for me.<span>  <\/span>I had good workouts both days but recovery took too much out of me to stay awake, even on the best nap schedule.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It was a hard decision, but I decided that my health is more important than my hobbies.<span>  <\/span>I\\&#8217;m going to continue swimming and doing other exercises, and hopefully when I\\&#8217;m in better shape (not perfect, but able to workout without being put out of commission for an entire day), I can go back to polyphasic sleep.<span>  <\/span>My goal to restart is about three months from now, after we\\&#8217;ve moved into our new house.<span>  <\/span>That\\&#8217;s going to be a big enough disruption to my routine that I wouldn\\&#8217;t want to deal with while trying to adjust to polyphasic sleep.<span>  <\/span>Of all the advantages Steve Pavlina had over me, this is one I can actually do something about, much easier than changing jobs or working for myself.<span>  <\/span>So for now, polyphasic sleep is on hiatus while I work on improving my conditioning.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><hints id=\"hah_hints\"><\/hints><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I originally decided to do polyphasic sleep, it was because there were too many things I wanted to do and not enough time to do them. 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