I first heard the adage “hours of sleep before midnight count for double” from a judo coach. I trust he’s probably right, though I’ve no specific idea why.<\/p>\n
Today I started looking for a reason and encountered organicolivia.com<\/a>, where I read interesting logic that supports the claim of hours slept before midnight counting for double those after.<\/p>\n Olivia’s point is that the functions of sleep – starting with falling into proper sleep – are energy-expensive. Hence, the reason that when overtired, actually falling asleep can be difficult.<\/p>\n Olivia observes, then, that during the hours before midnight, you still have energy “left over” from the day. If you spend that energy in a productive, wakeful activity between 9pm and midnight, your body won’t have it to invest in sleep past midnight.<\/p>\n Olivia’s claim sounds logical to me. I know that going to bed an hour earlier, then waking an hour earlier, seems easier than staying up another hour when I’m tired.<\/p>\n I hope to pursue the sleep-before-midnight concept in future posts:)<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n www.organicolivia.com<\/a><\/p>\n