LiftedMetrics logo
About Us
Services
Success-Driven
Tell us about your project

It still baffles me when I hear someone claiming they can comfortably live off of 6-hours of sleep.

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells his followers to “sleep faster”, pushing 6 hours as a healthy rest window.

When I began work on my first startup, I would never take sleep that seriously. This was until I came across a podcast with Dr Matthew Walker.

The discussion terrified me:

Scary.

  • “Men who sleep 5-6 hours will have a level of testosterone which is that of someone who is 10 years their senior. So a lack of sleep will age you by a decade in terms of that critical aspect of wellness, virility, muscle strength”
  • “Insufficient sleep across the life span now seems to be the most significant lifestyle factor in determining whether or not you'll develop Alzheimers.”
  • “Insufficient sleep is linked to cancer of the bowl, prostate and breast.”
  • “Getting 6 hours of sleep or less compromises Immune-efficiency, facilities genes which encourage the growth of tumors, long term chronic- inflammation, stress and cardiovascular disease.”
  • “Short sleep equals a short life.”

Despite knowing this information, I still struggled to get 7 hours of sleep per night (I was averaging 6 hours). There always seem to be distractions, some notifications after your attention, pushing bedtime back later and later.

Although my sleep is still not perfect, I recently made considerable improvements. This is thanks to the teachings of Kilian Markert at Consistent Performance Mentoring.

The main takeaways of what I learnt:

  • Keeping a sleep tracking sheet that allows you to monitor sleep quality and variables helps to make you more accountable for your sleep.
  • Having a 30-60 min winddown routine is important, sticking to it is essential.
  • Avoiding big meals within 2-3 hours of bedtime is a must for quality sleep.
Unlocking the Secrets of Better Sleep: How I Increased my Sleep Efficiency

The above learnings helped me to form better habits around sleep.

Another breakthrough I had was after taking Dr. Michael Breus Chronotype Sleep test and discovering how to better structure my day for peak performance. As a result of the test, I moved my habitual workout time from the mornings to midday. This shift has drastically improved my efficiency, I now get a little more sleep in the morning and handle my most important task of the day first (after my morning routine).

Although I’m still not reaching the target of 8 hours of sleep, I’m happy with my progress.

I’ve found that the secret to a great night’s rest is experimentation, documenting what works and what doesn’t and then trying new things to improve this vital metric.

I’ll continue to test and change things until I get my sleep score into the green. I certainly won’t settle for 6-hours as Arny suggests.

Let’s Get Started

Discover how you can increase the conversion rate of your site and get more leads for less.

Request an audit
Let’s Get Started
Share
About the Author
Sam Bird | Lifted Metrics Founder
Sam Bird | Lifted Metrics Founder
After designing and optimising hundreds of pages, Sam has a firm understanding of what makes a page convert. He's always happy to talk about strategies to improve conversion rates, or anything related to two wheels 🚲.
Twitter Envelope Facebook Youtube

Request a CRO Audit of Your Webpage