Quantcast
Channel: Sleep
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1784

Presenting The Secret To Amazing Naps

$
0
0

nap

Here's a useful set from the Boston Globe.

5 ways to improve your naps:

  1. If you're a morning person, the best time to nap is around 1 or 1:30PM. If you're a night owl, nap later, around 2:30 or 3PM.
  2. The best naps are under 45 mins or 90-120 mins. Anything in between is likely to give you that groggy feeling.
  3. Naps don't mean you're lazy: A NASA study showed that in-flight naps improved subsequent performance by 34% and overall alertness by 54%.
  4. To make sure you're productive after your nap drink a cup of coffee right before laying down. Caffeine takes about 20-30 minutes to kick in.
  5. No nap is too short: A 2008 study showed that even a nap of a few minutes provided benefits. Just anticipating a nap lowers blood pressure.

Keep in mind that 10 minutes is the best nap length.

Naps are not for the lazy, they're for the productive:

Across the board, sleep is vital:

Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.

Related posts:

Can yawning tell you who your true friends are?

How little sleep can you get away with?

Why do you yawn?

Permalink


 

Read more posts on Barking Up The Wrong Tree »

Please follow War Room on Twitter and Facebook.

Join the conversation about this story »


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1784

Trending Articles



<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>