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The Art of Napping - By Maki Riddington - Oct 5th 2006
Napping isn't just for couch potatoes. Maki explains why giving in to a nap everyday can boost the body, freshen the mind and make you stronger.
http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=278
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That's a great article - I particularly enjoyed the discussion of the caffeine nap - what a great idea! Guarantees you'll actually wake UP!
I actually do this with the snooze button in the morning - wake up, knock back caffeine, hit snooze ... by the time it goes off, I'm a LOT less likely to toss the contraption across the room.
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I'm a big fan of the deluxe nap, like to do it whenever I can fit it in!
Good article.Every workout is a new battle
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What a refreshing article!
I used to sleep in the company closet for an hour before they banned the practice
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absolutely! I tend to have more free time during the wknds.I'll have an hour nap
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This article had been sitting on my desk top for about a year now. I finally sat down and got it all sorted out. I'm glad you guys/gals enjoyed it.
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I grab a nap whenever I can ... which will be in about 4 hours. Great info, Maki!
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I'm all about the nap and think sleeping in general isn't given enough focus in training. I have a full cycle of a little over an hour every afternoon. A lot easier here in Spain, I don't know how I'll manage when I go back to 8 hour solid days in the states! It's great to see someone putting a second sleep in positive light when napping can get you so easily pinned as lazy.
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Great article Maki! I'll be incorporating the 90 minute rule for now on.
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Im a school student, but Im grabbing naps in my lunch hour...
great idea.Being a strong teenager means nothing.
My wrists hurt, but some people don't have wrists to be sore. My knees have tendinitis, but some people don't have legs to get tendinitis in. I seem to be going backwards with training, yet some people can't even walk let alone lift 400 pounds on a daily basis.
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Awesome article. I have trained my body for a 20 minute nap in the afternoon. The best thing ever! However, a 1 hour or longer naps on the couch usually leave me completely drained for the rest of the day. I guess I can account that to the Sleep Inertia.
BTW has anyone else experienced an interesting feeling in the muscles at the end of the short nap - it feels like the muscles are moving - not contracting though but relaxing. and not actual muscles but feels like something inside the muscle - where you can't conciousely control it. I love that feeling but I don't know what it is though."If I were not Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander The Great
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I'm the weekend napper. Sometimes up to 3 naps on either or both saturday or sunday! and usually 1-3 times during the week.
i'm the nap god
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mmmm, I wanna go back to Lebanon for another holiday, when I was there in July, Id wake up, lift, tan, eat, nap and go party at night....
Quite a bad cycle really. But the afternoon siesta was the funnest bit.
In Syria... most of the time your so god damn full its impossible to stay awake.Being a strong teenager means nothing.
My wrists hurt, but some people don't have wrists to be sore. My knees have tendinitis, but some people don't have legs to get tendinitis in. I seem to be going backwards with training, yet some people can't even walk let alone lift 400 pounds on a daily basis.
Dust out the vagina, and keep on lifting.
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Excellent article.....
Yeh, I was napping alot 6 months ago and felt awesome.... Not as much in the last few months and I seem to be slowing down a bit....
I think you've hit the nail on the head for me... I need to nappy more...
thanks....
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That is helpful thanks, my sleeping pattern is ridiculous at the minute!
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