New Landy new life Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I have one of these Garmin watches and I discovered last week it has a mode that you tell it when you go to sleep and then wake up. The reports say I have 5h35 light sleep and 2 hours deep sleep which is pretty constant over the week I tried it out. Is deep sleep really necessary or am I just a wriggly sleeper. Just interested, not really fussed as I don't wake up tired. (once I do make it through my first cuppa coffee)
Gnarly Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Yussie that much sleep, I'm guessing you don't have kids.
New Landy new life Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 Kids 19 &15 so not really. I am stuffed by the time I am done cycling in the evenings
Hennie VR Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Have you tried finding out what the average person's amount of deep sleep is per night? 2 hours might be the avg.
RocknRolla Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Have you tried finding out what the average person's amount of deep sleep is per night? 2 hours might be the avg. More with alcohol...also think it may be the only way I get deep sleep....occasionally comatose....
NelAndre Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Interested to understand how the Garmin watch measures the deep sleep? Does it measure movement or the distance to la-la land?
RocknRolla Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Interested to understand how the Garmin watch measures the deep sleep? Does it measure movement or the distance to la-la land? Probably a combination of movement and heart rate...
hayleyearth Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I definitely had deep sleep this morning again after sleeping through 4 of my alarms (2nd time in a week)....funny because I toss and turn most night until I think 3-4am then I am out. I dream more in the times of tossing and turning than during the deep sleep (i thinks - maybe I just remember the one more than the other). I see my Suunto also have that heart rate measurements thing to do during the night, I think I will try that tonight.
NelAndre Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Probably a combination of movement and heart rate...Aha.....now I understand why the occasionally comatose will be the most accurate measure.......
SwissVan Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I was expecting one of thesehttp://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110402151423/uncyclopedia/images/0/05/Hynotize-clock.gif Sorri OP
Uni Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Is deep sleep really necessary or am I just a wriggly sleeper. Just had a Google - assumed deep sleep = REM sleep - nope. And now I'm also gutted as it says you can't make up sleep over the weekends - there goes my excuse for lie ins. But.. No expert but surely deep sleep is the quality stuff where your body does the recovery stuff. So imagine quality over quantity applies to sleep too.
New Landy new life Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 The watch only measures movement while sleeping. You get a graph that shows how much you move about. When you go for a pee the graph spikes obviously.
Hackster Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 This article reckons that the fitbit thingies' sleep-measuring abilities are dodgy. http://www.outsideonline.com/2036946/one-mans-quest-perfect-nights-sleep?utm_source=nftf&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=112415&spMailingID=24080495&spUserID=NzQ1NjIxNzExNzIS1&spJobID=682463677&spReportId=NjgyNDYzNjc3S0 Some other interesting points about how to get good sleep, and how important it is.
StevieL Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 I definitely had deep sleep this morning again after sleeping through 4 of my alarms (2nd time in a week)....funny because I toss and turn most night until I think 3-4am then I am out. I dream more in the times of tossing and turning than during the deep sleep (i thinks - maybe I just remember the one more than the other). I see my Suunto also have that heart rate measurements thing to do during the night, I think I will try that tonight.Were you on the beer again last night?
hayleyearth Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Were you on the beer again last night? The other time was last Thursday morning, not even Saturday morning...
StevieL Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 The other time was last Thursday morning, not even Saturday morning... Just pulling your leg...
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