“How far” seems hard to measure. I was able to (with a friend) wake up every time, but I wasn’t able to stay awake 100% at night. Micro sleeps are virtually impossible to eliminate. My friend hallucinated. During the day though, we felt normal after a few weeks. This was deceptively promising. Eventually, we had to concede, and just sleep regular, if we ever wanted to attend classes or a job.
I am not any special diet.
I have not tried biphasic, because it doesn’t really give you that many extra hours.
That’s the dymaxion. I’ve never tried it myself (School/work being inflexible in hours to the degree that I wouldn’t be able to nap.), but of what I’ve read, it’s one of the most difficult to acclimate to.
One of the easier ones (or at least easier than dymaxion, maybe not as easy as biphasic, but it gets more wake-hours) is the Everyman. It’s a three-hour core nap with three evenly spaced 20-minute naps during the day, with some room for flexibility.
And the basic rule from that three-and-thre model (which can get you down to biphasic, or up to the uberman) is for every hour of core you add, remove one nap. And every hour of core you remove, add a nap.
“How far” seems hard to measure. I was able to (with a friend) wake up every time, but I wasn’t able to stay awake 100% at night. Micro sleeps are virtually impossible to eliminate. My friend hallucinated. During the day though, we felt normal after a few weeks. This was deceptively promising. Eventually, we had to concede, and just sleep regular, if we ever wanted to attend classes or a job.
I am not any special diet.
I have not tried biphasic, because it doesn’t really give you that many extra hours.
Any more questions are welcome!
What schedule did you use? Because “polyphasic” is a catchall term for sleeping in more than one interval over the course of a 24 hour period.
Uberman, everyman, and dymaxion are the most commonly spoken of, in my experience.
Thirty minute naps every six hours. That one didn’t have too much data behind it, either.
That’s the dymaxion. I’ve never tried it myself (School/work being inflexible in hours to the degree that I wouldn’t be able to nap.), but of what I’ve read, it’s one of the most difficult to acclimate to.
One of the easier ones (or at least easier than dymaxion, maybe not as easy as biphasic, but it gets more wake-hours) is the Everyman. It’s a three-hour core nap with three evenly spaced 20-minute naps during the day, with some room for flexibility.
And the basic rule from that three-and-thre model (which can get you down to biphasic, or up to the uberman) is for every hour of core you add, remove one nap. And every hour of core you remove, add a nap.