4 Hours Sleep Project – Day 28

I originally started this experiment with the idea of trying it out for one month to experiment. Trying to give up all pre-conceived beliefs, standards, “research”, opinions, etc. And with the last few days approaching, I’m looking back at just how well the basic approach worked. Actually, I really want to continue to experiment with it using different strategies and technologies to keep improving.

For example I’ve really been trying to use the Neuro-Programmer program for sleeping and have even used it for meditation a couple times. I still don’t know if I’m completely sold on it yet. But I will tell you this, I took a nap today after a good strength workout and put on a track that is for “accelerated regeneration & Human Growth Hormone” and ended up taking only a 17 min nap feeling just as good as I do with a typical 30 – 40 min nap. Now that’s cool.

What do you think about the effects of specific sound waves on the brain and inducing specific states? I’m not completely sold but I do know the huge impact that sound has on physiology while you’re awake, just think music. You can change your mental state and physiology radically by just changing songs or radio stations. In other words, I feel like I have a lot more experimenting to go with the neuro programmer. I’m also trying to approach the company to sponsor this project and even carry it over in to performance areas such as when my racing season starts again, maybe even training who knows?

I also want to continue to work with the environment of where and when I sleep. For example, by far the hardest time of the day is between 4am and 6am, but once the sun comes up it’s totally different. So I’ve really been creative on how to maximize the 4-6am time. Instead of just reading, I’ll read while engaging my physiology at the same time such as a medicine ball or physical therapy balance board. Which, by the way, has actually helped me read better and retain more, Definitely worth checking out. Or starting out the morning with some tasks that are particularly inspiring and motiving for me. It’s all about momentum and having a purpose. Once the momentum is there, it’s fantastic. It’s definitely given me tons of reason to take a lot of action in towards my dream goals!

It continues to amuse me as so many people respond to my experiment automatically with aversion and the knee jerk reply “that’s crazy”. And then I get to have fun challenging their automatically programmed beliefs asking, “Have you ever considered that you could sleep less, have more time to live, and still feel just as energetic?” …..ummmm No. There’s only one way to know for sure.

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