Extra Sleep or Extra cardio that is the question??

[gbrice75]

Mid day nap.... never heard of it. lol In the office all day, get home late, need to entertain the wife and little ones, maintain the house and cars, check something off the "honey do" list,etc, etc,,, nope no mid day nap for me. lol


GB you make some good points. I tend to agree.... I think. Let's play the other side though.... doesn't research show that getting enough sleep is very important to weight loss? So if that is true would the extra cardio benefit outweigh the detriment of a shortage of sleep? hmmm.

Yes, but you're not going to maximize fat loss without doing cardio. I think cardio wins where fat loss is the primary goal. If cardio is an option any other time but in the morning, then of course i'd say sleep the extra hour or whatever, and do cardio later in the day. But I don't think that's what you're asking...

The other option is getting something like Ambient or GHB which increasess the intesity of the sleep you do get, therefore giving you better recovery in less time.. With GHB you can get 6 hours of sleep in 3 hours.. do it back to back and you got 12 hours sleep in 6 hours.. If you incerase quality of sleep, then you can afford to cut back the actual time spent in bed, and therefore will not have to make a decision between one or the other.

Is there a study that proves the deeper your sleep, the faster you recover? I agree that if you lay there half the night tossing and turning, you are not getting quality sleep and therefore hindering gains. However, if you're asleep, you're asleep. I don't know that being in a DEEP sleep, or being 'zombified' as Ambien can do to some people will help you recover any faster.

I'm not disagreeing, I don't know either way. I'd like to see some evidence though.

[First6]

Yes, but you're not going to maximize fat loss without doing cardio. I think cardio wins where fat loss is the primary goal. If cardio is an option any other time but in the morning, then of course i'd say sleep the extra hour or whatever, and do cardio later in the day. But I don't think that's what you're asking...
Agree with this statement! And it is what I personally choose to do. As do you if I recall correctly. I was just playing "devils advocate" for the sake of the discussion/debate.


Is there a study that proves the deeper your sleep, the faster you recover? I agree that if you lay there half the night tossing and turning, you are not getting quality sleep and therefore hindering gains. However, if you're asleep, you're asleep. I don't know that being in a DEEP sleep, or being 'zombified' as Ambien can do to some people will help you recover any faster.

I'm not disagreeing, I don't know either way. I'd like to see some evidence though.

Yeah I don't think sleep aids is something I personally am interested in.