Monday was harder than many of the others have been. I think this is still the alcohol leaving my body. I felt pretty normal at work though and was able to nap very well at 9am. This nap is still my favorite time to sleep, and I look forward to it more than I do my core sleep at night. I went to the gym doing the workout outlined in my plan. My energy levels are pretty much normal. Most people wouldn't know that I am sleeping differently. I was not very able to sleep other than that first nap, the next two were just ok because it was really hot out and I had a lot of trouble sleeping.
Tuesday when I woke up I felt the same as I had the previous week on Tuesday. Pretty sore but nothing I wouldn't have expected. I am a little sleepier the days after a workout but nothing crazy. Mauy Thai was extremely hard today. We trained for upwards of two hours in 35 degree C with high humidity felt like 42. I do not do well with heat though and felt sick with a headache through a good portion of this training. My shoulders were extremely fatigued from working them out on Monday. I found it hard to even hold pads let alone hit them. I crashed hard after this and ended up taking my core pretty early in the night.
Wednesday I was pretty exhausted, I was finding it hard to stay awake at work but after my first couple of naps that got better. My muscles felt much more tired than the previous week. When I went to the gym my whole body felt sore. I started to get shin splints in my left leg and my shoulders felt tired almost instantly when skipping. I feel like my body is not able to recover when I only have the 2.5 hour core and 4-5 naps. So now I am going to transition to a 4 hour core with 2-3 naps.
Overall it didn't feel that bad to be on the 2.5 hour with 4-5 as long as I kept it to just working out or Mauy Thai. If I am doing both though there just feels like there is not enough recovery time. I won't lie I feel I didn't give this sleep pattern as much of a chance as I could have. If I kept pushing through my body might have become accustomed to this training but it really felt like I was just breaking down more and more.
4 hours at night should be alright because it still will let me stay up late and work and get up in the morning. I am glad that I only will be taking 2-3 naps during the day as this means I can avoid the super hot sun car naps. These were actually terrible and many times I walked back into work soaking wet with sweat. It always amused me to think about what other people thought if they saw me sleeping in my car in the parking lot in like 35 degree weather with no shirt (I started taking it off to sleep because it was getting too sweaty) and a pillow.
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