The unconventional wisdom about sleep | Nick Littlehales | TEDxNewcastle

[@HerbKim]

Have slept differently ever since we hosted this talk. Back sleeper all my life but have become a side sleeper since Nick's talk. Also accepted the wisdom of 1.5 hour sleep cycles instead of thinking I had to get 8 hours all in 1 block.

[@lauragray19]

Excellent information. I wished the talk had been longer, so I googled for more information. He has a book!

[@rajdeepjana1658]

I read it..... didn't know that he gave a TED TALK 😢

[@Gauths928]

did u learn anything from his book?

[@HoopstrongCoach]

Its a great book I use his protocols and feel great!!

[@lukeweidner1246]

this is one of the finest videos of the 21st century

[@TKMbows]

Cool stuff thanks! Just read his book and loved it. Really made a difference.

[@jwh0122]

Came after listening to his intervention in Don't Tell Me The Score, a great podcast programme.

[@AdamHartGaming]

I definitely have trouble falling asleep. Interesting stuff thank you

[@LingKaha]

I just started 90minutes sleep/Cycle and this video is very brief and informative...

[@MatheusSchubert]

You still do it?

[@daimsaeed]

How much difference did it make?

[@Aritul]

11:28 That's a very arresting picture!

[@mikaelpizzi]

This is gold

[@EyeIn_The_Sky]

Considering how we live longer than our ancestors ever did despite having far less sleep than them makes me think that our ancestors needed all those breaks for the rest and recovery due to having to hunt, fight, run just to stay alive on a day to day basis whilst going for long periods with little to no food (therefore far less freely available calories than we have now) This is why they needed that rest. We don't have anywhere near that requirement for sleeping 3 times during the day. The 7-8 hours a day sleep is sufficient for everyone but the most extreme cases of people who do superhuman feats of endurance/exercise. There may be some benefit to the midday nap in terms of peak performance and memory/cognitive availabiltiy however.

[@matteo_sleep_performance_coach]

This is cool!🤩👏👏

[@vungejw]

I loved

[@smackymcproductions4443]

I don't believe in chronotypes just like I don't believe in body types. I think there are proclivities towards specific ones in individuals, but at the end of the day the human machine is extremely adaptable. Chronotype is also definitely affected by age, cuz old people tend to get up earlier and earlier. Hard to say if chronotype or body type is influenced by nature or nurture more though

[@cheetoyeeto1232]

one is backed by actual research and the other was a highly disputed theory that linked mere observation with psychology and backed by zero research.

[@stargazerbird]

I used to sleep until 10am as a pre teen. In my 70s I wake at 5 am. It’s weird.

[@James-mk8jp]

Old people sleep less and less over time you dip

[@JWStreeter]

"Sun going around our planet"

[@Adam-ui3ot]

😂

[@erikadiego2973]

what is he saying is CWT?

[@AnshumanMishra1112]

i mean if cristiano listens to his advice i am in

[@dsmthbb]

Kind of pouring on the info too much

[@TalesAndTacticsPlay]

I was multitasking so I maybe missed the point, but what's the deal with the portable bed and talking about pillows. Is he suggesting we all get a special bed type?

[@jean-charlesfidinde8131]

I think he means pillows are useless

[@YaNeK92]

He explains how pillows were just invented to compensate for a badly picked mattress for our body type and how they fill to the space between our head and the mattress when the mattress is too hard. Ideally you should be able to sleep without a pillow on a properly chosen mattress to have good postural alignment.

[@snuffle2269]

I can't sleep of an extremely soft mattress. I wake up with ungodly back pains. A (very)firm mattress is what I must have BUT because I have GERD I have to elevate my head HENCE a pillow.

[@mohamedorayith4626]

I struggle with a comfortable neck when sleeping side on or even on my back. So pillows are a great compromise. Not sure how someone could choose a perfect mattress