Again, this is good write up followed your earlier how to get good Sleep like No afternoon caffeine, early dinner or light dinner, wind down, not much water... I really like to do sleep tracking which in-turn helps to validate what caused to bad sleep to co-relate but still some times I miss the discipline and eat heavy dinner and lead to bad sleep.. learning from the mistake with bad sleep which impact the next day to day life as well as the running performance as well... I always like to track it and celebrate when I get good sleep score. Have a good weekend.
On a serious note, I think tracking is key to improving anything you want to improve. How else do you get an accurate snapshot of where you are at and in turn your progress? Since I started tracking sleep my average sleep duration has improved and the time it takes me to fall asleep is shorter than ever. This coming from a bloke with adhd who used to stare at the ceiling for hours and hours on end.
You probably could get a snapshot somehow, but it’s much much harder. And like you said, tracking helps you see your progress easier and make better decisions about the thing your tracking. But why don’t more people do it? Do they not know the power in tracking? Or do they just think it’s too much work?
But it’s so simple and we have so much technology to assist us now too.
It’s the easiest way to change something I think because you can better identify the areas that need improving and focus on them. Otherwise it’s all guess work.
Yeah and even if there's not an accurate yard stick to measure a metric against, you can just use a self assessment style rating out of 10 based on how you feel about it.
I dunno, man. I think it's magic. It's one thing that I've struggled to wrap my head around. Why people struggle with certain things, have a desire to improve in that area yet don't see the benefit of pure, objective data. Baffles me.
I agree, with using sleep tracking to figure out why you're tired. I've recently learnt a bout HRV (heart rate variability) too and sometimes my coach will ask for those stats to make sure I'm managing my program okay. I think we can we overwhelmed by stats and maybe even obsess over them. I don't check my sleep every today, I often know when I've had a good sleep. It's when I've had a bad sleep that I have a look and see if any adjustments can be made to help improve it. The sleep stat validates me when I'm feeling tired too and not a feeling of my brain is telling me that I'm tired but I'm actually not.
That's awesome about HRV and thats what the Brumbies used to measure in us at the start of each day to see how ready for training we where and if we'd recovered from the previous day. If HRV was down, training was lighter. But if our HRVs where up, training was made harder
It's only since my new garmin that Ive had access to HRV and it's proving very useful. Access to technology is often a barrier to people being able to measure these stats.
As you know, I have an Oura ring too - but I have actually stopped using it.
It did give me interesting detailed stats about sleep and gave me some insight about the impact of the bad things I was doing sometimes, such as eating too much, too late, alcohol etc.
However, I found that over time, I started to get annoyed with the readiness score. If I woke up and had a bad night's sleep I found I was disappointed with the low readiness, but couldn't do much about it.
I've got good enough sleep habits now that I'm comfortable with my patterns and sleep well most of the time - so I decided to ditch it.
Again, this is good write up followed your earlier how to get good Sleep like No afternoon caffeine, early dinner or light dinner, wind down, not much water... I really like to do sleep tracking which in-turn helps to validate what caused to bad sleep to co-relate but still some times I miss the discipline and eat heavy dinner and lead to bad sleep.. learning from the mistake with bad sleep which impact the next day to day life as well as the running performance as well... I always like to track it and celebrate when I get good sleep score. Have a good weekend.
Thanks Dinesh and learning from mistakes is the best way to learn I reckon! Have a great weekend.
Lessssggggooooooo... to sleep!
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On a serious note, I think tracking is key to improving anything you want to improve. How else do you get an accurate snapshot of where you are at and in turn your progress? Since I started tracking sleep my average sleep duration has improved and the time it takes me to fall asleep is shorter than ever. This coming from a bloke with adhd who used to stare at the ceiling for hours and hours on end.
You probably could get a snapshot somehow, but it’s much much harder. And like you said, tracking helps you see your progress easier and make better decisions about the thing your tracking. But why don’t more people do it? Do they not know the power in tracking? Or do they just think it’s too much work?
Yeah, I agree.
But it’s so simple and we have so much technology to assist us now too.
It’s the easiest way to change something I think because you can better identify the areas that need improving and focus on them. Otherwise it’s all guess work.
Yeah and even if there's not an accurate yard stick to measure a metric against, you can just use a self assessment style rating out of 10 based on how you feel about it.
I dunno, man. I think it's magic. It's one thing that I've struggled to wrap my head around. Why people struggle with certain things, have a desire to improve in that area yet don't see the benefit of pure, objective data. Baffles me.
I think people see is as repetitive and boring, and probably want quicker fixes. But in my experience , tracking is the quickest fix
I agree, with using sleep tracking to figure out why you're tired. I've recently learnt a bout HRV (heart rate variability) too and sometimes my coach will ask for those stats to make sure I'm managing my program okay. I think we can we overwhelmed by stats and maybe even obsess over them. I don't check my sleep every today, I often know when I've had a good sleep. It's when I've had a bad sleep that I have a look and see if any adjustments can be made to help improve it. The sleep stat validates me when I'm feeling tired too and not a feeling of my brain is telling me that I'm tired but I'm actually not.
Agreed! The stats are to inform, not obsess over.
That's awesome about HRV and thats what the Brumbies used to measure in us at the start of each day to see how ready for training we where and if we'd recovered from the previous day. If HRV was down, training was lighter. But if our HRVs where up, training was made harder
It's only since my new garmin that Ive had access to HRV and it's proving very useful. Access to technology is often a barrier to people being able to measure these stats.
Hey Ben,
As you know, I have an Oura ring too - but I have actually stopped using it.
It did give me interesting detailed stats about sleep and gave me some insight about the impact of the bad things I was doing sometimes, such as eating too much, too late, alcohol etc.
However, I found that over time, I started to get annoyed with the readiness score. If I woke up and had a bad night's sleep I found I was disappointed with the low readiness, but couldn't do much about it.
I've got good enough sleep habits now that I'm comfortable with my patterns and sleep well most of the time - so I decided to ditch it.
Ben
Your more disciplined than me. When I stop tracking, I slowly fall back into my bad habits.
Yeah I must admit I am very routine-driven - more than most people.
I just do the stuff I know I need to do without thinking so much about it (most of the time).
Having said that, I was astonished at how much alcohol can bugger up your sleep! It was a real eye-opener and helped me start to cut back.