Difficulty waking after getting enough sleep

[cheesecake]

I've never been one to get a lot of sleep. Usually around 4-6 is all I would get in a single night.

Now that I'm training again, I'm trying to get 8+ hours every night. The problem is that the more sleep I get, the harder it is for me to wake up in the morning.

When I was only getting a few hours every night, I could pop right out of bed. Now that I'm getting a good night's rest, I have to literally force myself to get up.

Anyone else have this problem?
...chad...

 

[b fold the truth]

I need LOTS of sleep. You feel like you are 14 again and your body is growing (because it is). You are under a lot of stress because of training so you need a lot more recovery time.

I love sleep...and lots of it.

B True

 

[nEwSkIn]

Cheesecake, it has happened to me as well, but although I can get up easier with less hours of sleep, during the day I don´t feel as rested and active...

I think that the body relaxes even more with 8+ hours of sleep, so it gets harder to "take off" again??

this is not a scientific explanation though

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Anyone else have this problem?

I do. Especially if I do deadlifts. I think I'm going to go take a nap now.

 

[cheesecake]

I love sleep...and lots of it.

I love the sleep too. It's the waking up part that I don't like.
...chad...

 

[rnch]

if babys only knew now how much they would value sleeping 20 years later......

they wouldn't fight going to bed so much now!!!!!!!

 

[casualbb]

Psychology textbook answer:

Between hours 3 and 5 of sleep, the sleep patterns shift from mostly stage 4 sleep to REM sleep. REM sleep indicates a state of extreme mental activity and dreaming, from which it is difficult to be roused.

Most humans will sleep 9 to 10 hours if left alone (Stanley Coren, 1996).

"Given such sleep, they do not become groggy later. Rather, long sleepers awake refreshed, sustain better moods, and perform more efficient and accurate work than do people who get less sleep. People who sleep less than 7 hours often show signs of sleep deprivation--depressed immune system, poorer judgments, irritability, and more accidents."

 

[spatts]

I like at least 8 hours a night plus a pre workout nap.

I also go through phases like that CC, like right now, where I wake up after 8 hours, and I'm still not "up and at 'em." Then other times I'll wake up on my own, ready to rock. I can usually trace it back to training or diet. Right now, for me, it's both.

 

[jerkbox]

god i wish the day was like 30 hrs just so i could sleep for 12 of those hrs.....

basically, I have to catch up on sleep over the weekends.

 

[Becoming]

I think being consistent helps with waking up not groggy...

I generally sleep 8 hours like clockwork... (If I go to sleep early, I find I wake up automatically early, and if I turn it in late, I usually am tired and have to hit the snooze)

but I think it comes from sleeping the same amount pretty much every day even weekends, etc....